The Monmouth cap was an item of woollen headgear fashionable between the 15th and 18th centuries, and associated with the town of Monmouth in South East Wales. The knitted round caps were used by both
An example of a Monmouth cap
The only known surviving example of a 16th-century Monmouth cap, in Monmouth Museum
The small area known as "Monmouth Cap"
A knit cap is a piece of knitted headwear designed to provide warmth in cold weather. It usually has a simple tapered shape, although more elaborate variants exist. Historically made of wool, it is no
Monmouth cap
…Blue bonnet (hat) Tuque Image of a Monmouth cap at Monmouth Museum…
East German fisherman in 1963 wearing a knit cap
Danish farmer wearing traditional clothing, including red tophue