Collection Highlights
Fuller (Flat Iron) Building, New York
Date:
1903
Object Number:
PR.020.61.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Forage cap
Object Number:
1936.685
Date:
1825-1840
Medium:
Leather, cotton, silk
Dimensions:
folded: 6 1/2 x 11 x 1 1/2 in. ( 16.5 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm )
Marks:
printed: on lining: MOROCCO, CLOTH, AND FUR CAP / MANUFACTORY / LUKE DAVIES / 102 William Street / NEW YORK"
handwritten in ink: on lining: "William E. Curtis"
Description:
Folding green morocco leather forage cap with rounded visor with black patent leather on upper side; crown composed of back panel, two crescent-shaped top panels, and front panel with serpentine inset, all with edges trimmed with piping; back flap (folded up) with a button hole in each corner (probably used to attach a band of fur for extra warmth in winter); black leather sweatband with band of black silk stitched to upper edge; white cotton lining.
Gallery Label:
This forage cap was probably worn by a member of a militia unit rather than a soldier in the regular army (see comments of William L. Brown, Accessioned Object Files, N-YHS).
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
