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Smoking Cap
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Man's smoking cap, entirely hand stitched except for the machine-quilted fabric lining the brim. Black velvet pillbox shape with dainty embroidered flowering vine around the brim and the circumference of the top. Green, blue and gold silk thread, brilliant silk thread 'tassel' attached to gold net covered dome button in the center.
G2011.008
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Headwear
Adult, Male
Historic Costume
Cap
Male
Velvet
net
silk thread
Black
Gold
1860 - 1880
19th Century