1860's style woman's cream/off-white/ivory lace day caps.  The caps are available in  three designs: long lappets, short lappets and self-fabric or lace trimmed. I have identified the caps by their design and the color of the ribbons. The cap you see is the cap you will receive.  Each cap is new and each is one of a kind. 

Such caps were worn by married women, often as a sign of motherhood, never worn by young girls. They are made with a drawstring in the back to form a bag to contain the hair. The face is framed by lace trimmed lappets, lace or fabric bands, which are decorated with detachable ribbons, which can be easily changed to suit your dress. To be correct the hair should be "dressed" and not loose in the cap. 

Older ladies often favored such caps to cover a thinning hair line, modern ladies can cover short hair cuts and unusual colored hair. using the denser laces.  Caps were worn indoors during the day but also could be worn outdoors under a bonnet. The caps are washable, I recommend removing the ribbons before washing.         

Note: If you prefer a different color ribbon decoration, please let me know. I am happy to match your dress or accessories (if I have the color you need., I do have many to choose from.)

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                                                                   Long Lappets:

Cap #1:  Peach ribbon puffs tied with lover's knots and held in place with two roses in ivory and gold colored satin ribbon.  The lace has designs of roses and other flowers with leaves and flourishes and a scalloped front edge. The cap and lappets are edged with ruffled and scalloped floral design lace.

Cap #2:  Double faced satin ribbons in chocolate brown tied in lover's knots decorate the lappets.  The cream-colored lace has designs of roses and other flowers with leaves and flourishes. The cap and long lappets are edged with ruffled and scalloped floral design lace.


                                                                   Short Lappets 

 

Cap #3:  Floral pattern cream colored lace edged with ruffled, scalloped egg shell colored floral patterned lace. The short lappets and band are decorated with narrow, chocolate brown double faced satin ribbon tied in lovers knots. The frill is decorated with a lace rosette decorated with a dainty cream colored ribbon rosebud with ombre green ribbon leaves.  

Cap #4: Floral pattern cream colored lace.  The face edge is decorated with scalloped, ruffled lace with circle designs and a band of eyelet lace with cream colored ribbon. The short lappets are edged with scalloped, floral design lace.  The ribbon decoration is made of deep blue swallow tails of double faced satin ribbon decorated with a light blue oval lace design and two tiny medium blue ribbon roses with green ribbon leaves. 


                                                                      Ruffled

#5: Sold.

#6:  Cream colored floral lace edged with floral design ruffled lace. The face is framed with a double row of sunburst design ruffled lace with a length of eyelet lace in the center. The eyelet is run with narrow fuchsia colored ribbon. The ribbon is not sewn in but held in place with a frill of magenta picot edge ribbons tied in lover's knots. The frill is decorated with two small ribbon roses with leaves, one fuchsia and one magenta. It is a simple matter to unpin the frill and change the color of the ribbon or decoration.