Antique Glengarry Cap of Bonnet with Beaded Thistle & Rose Motifs: C19th Iroquois, Quebec or Ottawa, Canada
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£900.00
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Item Details.
A ‘Glengarry’ cap or bonnet made by the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) ca 1860/80, Quebec or Ontario, Canada.
Entirely hand stitched and beaded these caps were made and sold to the numerous Scottish people in the vicinity.
Made from Stroud cloth, local to where we have our studio, the cap has intricate glass beading with thistle and rose decoration.
The cap or bonnet is fully lined in its original bottle green silk.
Measurements:
28cm long
11.5cm tall
12.5cm across top
Condition.
In excellent antique condition, there is an overall patina of age commensurate with its age it has some loose threads, small losses of beading and the silk lining has splits inside and around the caps edge, commensurate with age.