Cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

-

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Cap

Entry/Object ID

1946.24

Description

Heavily starched sheer white cotton cap with couched braid decoration. The cap is made in two parts: the brim and the crown. The crown is gathered to the brim and has a narrow drawstring along the bottom edge. The brim angles downward at the sides. Both the brim and crown have the couched decoration in a pattern abstract swirls and leaves.

Context

Worn by Rhoda Hovey Ordway of Chelsea, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1946.24

Source or Donor

Chapin, Grace Frances Ordway (1874-1964)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Cap

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Cotton

Color

White

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1850

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cap

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Headwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ordway, Rhoda Hovey (1803-1878)

Related Places

Place

Town

Chelsea

County

Orange County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America