Cap
- Object Name:
- Cap
- Object ID:
- 1959.068.082
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Cap or bonnet, infant's. Bright blue wool, gathered around face, with large scallops (pinking) done with scissors, pieced from face to neck down center. Lined with white wool challis which forms ruffle around face. No neck band or ties.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - Provenance:
- All materials from the attic of the Burpee homestead in New London, a neighbor of the donor. The Burpee family has been in this home since 1817.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Susan Colgate Cleveland
- Subjects:
- Bonnets, Children's clothing and dress
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