I've owned this cap now for many years, and I have posted photos of it here in the past. I just came across the old pictures again, and I thought it might be nice to post them again!
Apparently, this cap was brought into a show somewhere in Tennessee that Houston Coates attended back in the early 90's. I purchased it from John Bourke very shortly after he obtained it from Houston sometime around 1996 or so. When I received it, it was literally crushed into a kind of "crusher" cap type shape. Houston believed that it had been socked away in storage this way for quite a very long time. I know some very talented museum conservators here in town, and I showed it to them for advice. One of the best textile men that I know had an acceptable solution, and he very meticulously "massaged" the cap back into some semblance of it's original shape.
Since that time, this cap has been tucked away in my "vault" resting on a glass head slowly regaining it's original memory back. Here it is again - I hope you enjoy the pics. It's definitely not "pristine" example, but I certainly believe it's not of a variety very often seen anymore . . .
Brad
P.S. And yes, it still has a bad "pigeon" eagle on it! This is the way I received it, and this is the way I'm going to keep it, at least for the time being . . .
Apparently, this cap was brought into a show somewhere in Tennessee that Houston Coates attended back in the early 90's. I purchased it from John Bourke very shortly after he obtained it from Houston sometime around 1996 or so. When I received it, it was literally crushed into a kind of "crusher" cap type shape. Houston believed that it had been socked away in storage this way for quite a very long time. I know some very talented museum conservators here in town, and I showed it to them for advice. One of the best textile men that I know had an acceptable solution, and he very meticulously "massaged" the cap back into some semblance of it's original shape.
Since that time, this cap has been tucked away in my "vault" resting on a glass head slowly regaining it's original memory back. Here it is again - I hope you enjoy the pics. It's definitely not "pristine" example, but I certainly believe it's not of a variety very often seen anymore . . .
Brad
P.S. And yes, it still has a bad "pigeon" eagle on it! This is the way I received it, and this is the way I'm going to keep it, at least for the time being . . .
but the eagle...
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