Name: Traditional MONMOUTH CAP
SKU: Traditional-MONMOUTH-CAP-24187
Price: 32.20 USD
Availability: InStock

Traditional MONMOUTH CAP

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$32.20

Description

This Monmouth Cap is hand-knitted and felted by me with 65% wool and 35% alpaca – the colour is a dull plum brown. It has a Dorset Button* at the crown and is approx 22/24″ in circumference – to fit an average man’s head.It has a double thickness brim that…

SKU: Traditional-MONMOUTH-CAP-24187 Category: Accessories Tags: Accessories, Hats & Caps, Helmets, Military Helmets

Description

This Monmouth Cap is hand-knitted and felted by me with 65% wool and 35% alpaca – the colour is a dull plum brown.

It has a Dorset Button* at the crown and is approx 22/24″ in circumference – to fit an average man’s head.It has a double thickness brim that can be worn down or folded up and a loop at the back.

Monmouth caps were worn by sailors, soldiers and men doing outdoor work from the 15th to the late 18th centuries. Traditionally they are hand-knitted with coarse wool which will offer warmth and weather protection. They sometimes have a button and also a loop for hanging-up when not in use.

*A Dorset button is a style of hand-made button originating in the English county of Dorset. Their manufacture was at a peak between 1622 and 1850, after which they were overtaken by machine-made buttons from factories in the developing industries of Birmingham and other growing cities.