Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Cap

Entry/Object ID

G2008.098

Description

Small infant cap made of gossamer cotton. Eyelet embroidery; star-shaped crown. Vine border and motif with ferny leaves, eyelet berries and pepper-like shapes with various needle-run fillings worked on net. Tiny eyelet/leaflet spots fill the ground. Miniscule linen drawstring in back, front one lost within the casing; apparently no eyelets were worked for the strings. Ribbon tie loops at chin corners.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Cap

Clothing Sex

Unisex

Textile Details

Fabric

Cotton

Material

Linen

Color

White

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1800 - circa 1835

Notes

User Age: Infant Gender: Neutral

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

cap, hat, headwear, baby, infant, goossamer cotton, gossamer, cotton, eyelet, embroidery, embroider, vine, fern, leaf, berries, net, leaflet, linen, drawstring

Cap