Forehead Cloth
c. 1600 (made)
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Woman's forehead cloth of fine bleached linen embroidered with black silk in double running, stem, satin and speckling stitches and with silver and silver-gilt thread in stem, chain, triple chain (chain worked over double chain) and plaited braid stitches with spider knots. The edge are turned and hemmed with linen thread with decorative over sewing in black buttonhole stitch and silver-gilt thread in knotted buttonhole stitch. Three rows of coiling stems (non complete) enclose (left to right) rose, strawberry, anemone, rose and grape: grape, lily and honeysuckle: rose. Between are leaves, buds, a bird, a butterfly and a caterpillar.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen, silk, silver, gold; hand-woven, hand-embroidered |
| Brief description | Woman's forehead cloth of linen blackwork, England, c. 1600 |
| Physical description | Woman's forehead cloth of fine bleached linen embroidered with black silk in double running, stem, satin and speckling stitches and with silver and silver-gilt thread in stem, chain, triple chain (chain worked over double chain) and plaited braid stitches with spider knots. The edge are turned and hemmed with linen thread with decorative over sewing in black buttonhole stitch and silver-gilt thread in knotted buttonhole stitch. Three rows of coiling stems (non complete) enclose (left to right) rose, strawberry, anemone, rose and grape: grape, lily and honeysuckle: rose. Between are leaves, buds, a bird, a butterfly and a caterpillar. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Agnus A. Hepburn and Mrs Margaret Owen |
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| Accession number | T.26-1975 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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