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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1932.288.3 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name cap, cap Description Man's cap of wool and cotton mix fabric in a textured weave with a soft crown and stiffened peak. Cap has two flaps on each side with rounded edges that are trimmed in a brown silk ribbon and attached at the top of the crown with two black silk covered buttons. The back of the crown has a second layer of the black fabric edged in the brown silk ribbon and the front is decorated with a wide silk ribbon (once black?) tied in a bow at the centre. The peak and the bottom of the crown is trimmed in the brown silk ribbon. The cap is lined in a glazed black cotton quilted in a diamond pattern with a dark blue thread. The underside of the peak has two paper stamps - one with 'J. P. GREEN CHELMSFORD' and hand written symbols, the other with 6 1/2.. Circa 1870s. Production date 1870 - 1880 Production period Victorian Material textile Dimensions length: 235.00 mm Location In Store Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:1932.288.3
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

cap, cap
Description

Man's cap of wool and cotton mix fabric in a textured weave with a soft crown and stiffened peak. Cap has two flaps on each side with rounded edges that are trimmed in a brown silk ribbon and attached at the top of the crown with two black silk covered buttons. The back of the crown has a second layer of the black fabric edged in the brown silk ribbon and the front is decorated with a wide silk ribbon (once black?) tied in a bow at the centre. The peak and the bottom of the crown is trimmed in the brown silk ribbon. The cap is lined in a glazed black cotton quilted in a diamond pattern with a dark blue thread. The underside of the peak has two paper stamps - one with 'J. P. GREEN CHELMSFORD' and hand written symbols, the other with 6 1/2.. Circa 1870s.
Production date

1870 - 1880
Production period

Victorian
Material

textile
Dimensions
Location

In Store

Details