Headpiece

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Headpiece

Entry/Object ID

G2011.072.1-2ab

Description

Items 1 and 2 appear to belong together. Wedding Cap/ Dinner Cap (1) - made of a white net covering a wire armature that fits over the top of the head to the jaw. Rows of tulle frills on either side, edged with loops of narrow white silk ribbon which are laid across the top and back. The back two rows on top are pointed forward at the center. No evidence of flowers or any other attachments. Box (base) (2) - made of handmade cardboard, hand-stitched together. No marks. Covered with wallpaper, applied horizontally, having a broad arabesque stripe in shades of rich green (speculated to be arsenic green) on either side of a pair of twisted knobby vines bearing green leaves, blue and red flowers, separated by a narrow green border. The box contains a layer of slightly lustrous pale peach-colored tissue, evidence of crumbled tulle, and a modern pearl-headed straight pin in the bottom.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Headwear, Adult, Female
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Headband

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Silk

Material

net

Color

White

Made/Created

Date made

1842 - 1860

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American