Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Cap

Entry/Object ID

G89.189

Description

Boy’s jockey cap, dark blue silk velvet embroidered with rosebuds in blue silk (cotton?); 4-piece dome shape set onto a band, with narrow curved bill. 3 self buttons down each side seam. Hand stitched. Interlined with cotton batting and newspaper, lined with black silk twill. Silk sweatband. Paper has religious text- nothing datable.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Headwear, Child, Male
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Cap

Clothing Sex

Male

Textile Details

Fabric

Velvet, Silk

Color

Blue

Made/Created

Date made

1870 - 1885