Cap (Headgear)
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. It is in the split-brim style; the lower brim is unsecured at one side.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| 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. It is in the split-brim style; the lower brim is unsecured at one side. |
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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. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1567-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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