Man's Smoking Cap, c. 1870/1880

  • French

Silk and gold thread. embroidered.

  • 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm) Height 7 in. (17.8 cm) Diameter

Gift of Edith Malcolm White and Ruth Gordon White

54.94

On lining: Stamped in gold "CHAPELLERIE PARISIENNE".

Said to have belonged to James Lenox (1800-1880), founder of the Lenox Library, New York

or to his brother, Robert Lenox, the ancestor of Mrs. Eliza Lenox (Maitland) Dwight (1848-1922), of Morristown, New Jersey, who gave the cap to the Donors.

French, Man's Smoking Cap, c. 1870/1880, Silk and gold thread. Embroidered.. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Edith Malcolm White and Ruth Gordon White, 54.94.