Flat cap

Title: Flat cap See all items with this value
Description: Similar to other caps from this time, this cap of green wool highlights the protective nature of these caps with ear flaps and a longer neck. Construction suggests that this cap was worked flat joining in the round for the top and the ear flaps were constructed separately and seamed at the end. During this time, knitted caps were usually felted heavily in order to imitate velvet. See all items with this value
Creator: unknown English See all items with this value
Date: 1500-1599 AD
Coverage: England
Type: Hat
Format: Stocking stitch See all items with this value
Medium: wool (textile)
Subject: Caps (Headgear); Knitting; Felting
Provenance: Acquired with funds from various donors in 1929, part of Bashford Dean Memorial Collection.
Rights Holder: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Photograph and Slide Library
Identifier: 29.158.486
Access Rights: Public domain See all items with this value