Woman's Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Cap

Entry/Object ID

CW 785 a

Description

Cap. Woman's cap; partially finished; embroidered cap; paper with pattern still attached to inside; has printed pattern which can be seen through right side. Circa 1800. Part of a gift of four caps and a pair of sleeves. Group of four caps and a pair of sleeves that descended from the Stillman family of Germantown. John Stillman and his partner, Peters, owned a stage coach that operated on Germantown Avenue in the early nineteenth century. All Circa 1800. Condition not given. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Depth

7 in

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Stillman family of Germantown Descended from the Stillman family of Germantown. John Stillman and his partner, Peters, owned a stage coach that operated on Germantown Avenue in the early nineteenth century. The donor is a Stillman descendant.