Baby's cap

Collection type: Object
Description: Baby's cap
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Pastorella Cecilia Martha Shelley
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1809?, uncertain Date made: Circa 1849?, uncertain
Date collected: By 1949
Acquisition information: Donated: 1949
Materials and processes: Material Linen Flax Bast Fibre Textile Plant, Material Lace Textile, Process Embroidered, Process Woven
Object numbers: Accession number: 1949.10.20
Research and responses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambric: Cambric is a lightweight cotton cloth used as fabric for lace and needlework. Cambric, also known as batist in a large part of the world, was invented by Jean-Baptiste Cambrai, France, which gave the fabric its name, as early as 1595; It is a closely woven, firm fabric with a slight glossy surface produced by calendering. ... [AP 26/09/2006]
In the 1901 census she is listed as being aged 15, born in Crediton Devon and living in Hastings [presumably Sussex] ‘on own means’ [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 23/02/2007]