Ca.1860-65 cap. Brim has a heavily stiffened white cotton net base with wires at front and back; it&#x27;s 5&quot; wide at slightly pointed at center top and narrowing to 1.5&quot; wide, 8.5&quot; down each side. Brim piece is first edged with white and black gauze-and-lace pleated trim. Layers of pleated lace and narrow velvet ribbon are then overlapped across it, ending in a layer of same pleated gauze. Connecticut Historical Society. [jrb]