Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Cap

Entry/Object ID

G2004.074

Description

Tiny infant’s night cap made of cross-bar dimity. Short and deep brim, small horseshoe crown, with cambric frill in front and tape ties.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Headwear, Infant
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Cap

Clothing Sex

Unisex

Textile Details

Fabric

Dimity

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1800 - circa 1835

Notes

User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

cap, hat, headwear, infant, baby, night cap, night, dimity, cross-bar, horseshoe, cambric, frill