Out of my comfort zone: Need help with lace cap
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anothertimevintageapparel
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Very cute. I don't know for sure, but it looks like a costume piece to me.
I have had many caps, but never any like this.
I am very curious now.
I have had many caps, but never any like this.
I am very curious now.
TinTrunk
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Out of my comfort zone too, and I'm equally curious about it! I've not seen a mob cap with those distinctive triangular 'tails' before, so I don't think that's what it is.
But here's my observations (for what its worth!) - it looks like machine-made lace, and the combination of white and cream is most odd, not to mention the sweet little artificial flowers. I'm leaning towards a costume piece too. Aaand that's it I'm afraid!
I'll make way for someone who knows what they're talking about now
Sarah
But here's my observations (for what its worth!) - it looks like machine-made lace, and the combination of white and cream is most odd, not to mention the sweet little artificial flowers. I'm leaning towards a costume piece too. Aaand that's it I'm afraid!
I'll make way for someone who knows what they're talking about now
Sarah
I've had one which was very similar to yours...mine had wire in the triangular ends so those ends stood up.
Jonathan, here's a quick pair of shots with the cap turned the other way.
It doesn't look right to me. It's got that narrow center panel that doesn't have any lace edging in the center of what I positioned in back originally - it looks kind of dorky in front. And turning it this way puts the knot for tightening the adjustable gathered edge near the front.
Mary Jane, was yours designed to be worn the way I had it tthe first time?
It doesn't look right to me. It's got that narrow center panel that doesn't have any lace edging in the center of what I positioned in back originally - it looks kind of dorky in front. And turning it this way puts the knot for tightening the adjustable gathered edge near the front.
Mary Jane, was yours designed to be worn the way I had it tthe first time?
vertugarde
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I would agree with the dating although 'boudoir' caps during the 1920's began to lose the side 'flaps.' The lace 'flaps' frame the face and wouldn't be turned back normally. It's not a mob cap. This site has some really good examples of boudoir caps;
http://tinyurl.com/yb7jcpx
If you look at the painting 'Whistler's Mother' (1871) by James McNeill Whistler, you can see a nice example of a day cap with very long lace tails;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhistlersMother.jpeg
http://tinyurl.com/yb7jcpx
If you look at the painting 'Whistler's Mother' (1871) by James McNeill Whistler, you can see a nice example of a day cap with very long lace tails;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhistlersMother.jpeg
I would have to say the one I had looked more like the 1st photos.
vertugarde
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With the flaps hanging down framing the face are the flower heads shown facing down with stems trailing up to the top of the head?
Good thought, vertugarde, but the flowers don't have any stems.
Edited to add: oops! They do have stems! A pale green that nearly blended with the lace to look like a small seam. With the flaps down the stem is also down, so that seems like another bit of evidence for flaps down.
Edited to add: oops! They do have stems! A pale green that nearly blended with the lace to look like a small seam. With the flaps down the stem is also down, so that seems like another bit of evidence for flaps down.