Name/Title

Cap

Entry/Object ID

G2002.140

Description

Hand knit white cotton cap, front trimmed with deep crocheted loop frill. Tiers of crocheted net frills in back. White soutache braid threaded around perimeter. Rather hard-spun thread.Very similar to example shown at bottom.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1850 - 1920

Notes

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

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