Cap

Unknown

1840–60 · linen, silk · Costume Institute

The dress of the Chod people of the former Bohemia is of particular interest because of the region's maintenance of ancient forms of dress through the 19th century. This traditional style of cap for married women in Postrekov was bound in front with a scarf.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1840–60

Medium

linen, silk

Culture

Slovak

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Adele Simpson, 1945