Cap

DateTextile 1650-1660; altered later.

MediumSilk woven with metallic threads, trimmed with linen bobbin lace and lined with replaced tabby linen.

Dimensions7 1/2" from forehead to back neck, measured over top of head.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1985-215,2

DescriptionInfant child's cap, matching bearing cloth #1, made of brown silk with metallic gold & silver threads woven in tightly-scrolling floral and stem pattern. The cap is assembled of three pieces, edged with white linen bobbin lace (which appears to be a replacement.) Thread loops at the ears are for fastening ties. Remnants remain of a carnation silk ribbon, 3/8" wide, in the thread loops. The cream linen lining appears to be a later replacement. The cap seams were once trimmed, as evidenced by thread pickings, which remain.