Cap
16th century (made)
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Cap for a man or woman of wool, hand-knitted in the round in stocking stitch and then fulled, in the split brim style, with two doubled brims. The lower one has come undone.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Wool; hand-knit, fulled |
| Brief description | Man's or woman's wool cap, 1500s, English; hand-knit, split-brim style |
| Physical description | Cap for a man or woman of wool, hand-knitted in the round in stocking stitch and then fulled, in the split brim style, with two doubled brims. The lower one has come undone. |
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| Object history | Found with eleven other caps in an old building in Worship street, London. All twelve caps were acquired by the museum in 1901. |
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| Accession number | 1572-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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