Cap (Headgear)
19th century (made)
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Cotton embroidery on cotton with satin, stem, cross, herringbone, darning, and buttonhole stitches, and smocking and drawn work. At the back is a fan-shaped panel of smocking with two oblongs of drawn work at the sides. At the sides are the main vertical panels, with a bordered diaper of small lozenges outlined in yellow on red or black ground. From crown to back, a narrow strip with geometrical diaper pattern in red is added. At the front there is a bobbin lace border. The corners edged with cotton ribbon and embroidered with wool and silk.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton embroidery on cotton, with smocking and drawn work, trimmed with bobbin lace and cotton ribbon |
| Brief description | Cotton embroidery on cotton with smocking; Hungary; 1800s. |
| Physical description | Cotton embroidery on cotton with satin, stem, cross, herringbone, darning, and buttonhole stitches, and smocking and drawn work. At the back is a fan-shaped panel of smocking with two oblongs of drawn work at the sides. At the sides are the main vertical panels, with a bordered diaper of small lozenges outlined in yellow on red or black ground. From crown to back, a narrow strip with geometrical diaper pattern in red is added. At the front there is a bobbin lace border. The corners edged with cotton ribbon and embroidered with wool and silk. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Lewis F. Day |
| Object history | Registered File no. 9901/1926. Register: "Dr. U. Gervers says that the bonnet comes from the Polemka District (near Banská Bystrica), valley of the River Hore [Hron?], Slovakia." |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.233-1929 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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