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Child's Cap

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Woodlands
MEDIUM Velvet, cloth, beads
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
DATES ca. 1890s
DIMENSIONS 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (21 × 16.5 × 13.3 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 2016.11.2
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Josephine M. Guarino
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Child's cap of rose-colored velvet lined with beige fabric and decorated with multicolored floral designs. The opening and back are edged with wavy rows of clear beads sewn down with metallic(?) thread. There are rows of dashes of black beads along the bottom and the head opening. The back of the cap is decorated with a beaded 6-petal flower. The bead colors are white, clear, yellow, pink, gold, turquoise, green, blue, and black. Condition: good.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Woodlands. Child's Cap, ca. 1890s. Velvet, cloth, beads, 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (21 × 16.5 × 13.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Josephine M. Guarino, 2016.11.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.TL2016.18.2_view1.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.TL2016.18.2_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2016
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Woodlands. <em>Child's Cap</em>, ca. 1890s. Velvet, cloth, beads, 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (21 × 16.5 × 13.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Josephine M. Guarino, 2016.11.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.TL2016.18.2_view1.jpg)