found: Work cat.: The liberty cap, 1846.
found: Historical dict. of the French Revolution, 2004:p. 920 (liberty cap: it was generally knit of wool and had a high point, which fell over to one side. It was dyed red and usually embellished with a tricolor cockade or rosette. Its origins extended back to the ancient Romans, among whom the bonnet had been worn by emancipated slaves, thus becoming a symbol of liberty)
found: TGM I(Liberty cap)
found: Liberty, equality, fraternity : exploring the French Revolution WWW, viewed March 28, 2007(red cap)
found: Web search by Google, Oct. 29, 2007 (also shows liberty cap as a type of mushroom)
found: Korshak, Y. The liberty cap as a revolutionary symbol in America and France, in Smithsonian Studies in American Art, v. 1, no. 2, 1987 (As a symbol, the type of cap used varied over time. Sometimes it was the round type, sometimes peaked; sometimes the model was the Phrygian cap)
