Cap, Dinner

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Cap, Dinner

Entry/Object ID

G2000.072

Description

Dinner cap of black spotted net on a wire armature. Black lace edging all around with an additional row over top of head. Two rows of black satin ribbon laid in flat twists around crown forming loops over left ear and bow over the right extending into bowed end near left back. Short black ribbon tie remains on left side.

Context

wear at dinner instead of white house cap

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Accessory
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Cap

Clothing Sex

Female

Size

adult

Textile Details

Fabric

Lace

Material

netting

Color

Black

Made/Created

Date made

1845

Notes

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

cap, dinner cap, dinner, hat, headwear, woman female, net, wire armature, lace, satin, ribbon