Cap (Headgear)
19th century (made)
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Cap of green silk, embroidered in satin and stem stitches with flowers, and trimmed with strips and band of red silk, gold thread lace, and spangles.
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Brief description | Cap, silk, Hungary, around 1800-1883. |
Physical description | Cap of green silk, embroidered in satin and stem stitches with flowers, and trimmed with strips and band of red silk, gold thread lace, and spangles. |
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Credit line | Given by the ‘Royal Hungarian Minister of Public Instruction’ who at that time was Ágoston Trefort (1817-1888). |
Object history | From a collection of 120 items of folk dress and textiles presented to the South Kensington Museum in 1883, most of which are still in the V&A’s collection today. The collection was given by the ‘Royal Hungarian Minister of Public Instruction’ who at that time was Ágoston Trefort (1817-1888), a pioneer of Hungarian educational reform. Trefort was a played a key role in the establishment of the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest (1896) that in turn, was central to the movement of Hungarian artists and designers that used folk art to develop a Hungarian national style. |
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Accession number | 940-1883 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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