Cap

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Cap

Entry/Object ID

1953.18.25

Description

This is a brown silk quilted cap or bonnet. The cap is quilted in diamonds with running stitches. The edge is decorated with a self-fabric pinked ruffle, which is only remaining on the proper left side. There is a self-fabric bow at the center back base. Self-fabric ribbons are tied under the chin.

Context

Owned by Lucy Day in Ludlow, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1953.18

Source or Donor

Harding, Ina May Harris (1879-1979)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1870

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cap

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Headwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Material

Silk, Wool

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Day, Lucy Munro Hale (1816-1887)

Related Places

Place

Town

Ludlow

County

Windsor County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America