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Cap (Headgear)

1730-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cap of fine bleached linen, backed with coarser linen and probably remade from another garment or furnishing. It is cut in 1 piece, shaped and seamed to a point at the crown where it is trimmed with a small thread button. The cap is corded in backstitch with linen thread in a pattern of interlaced curving bands within diamond shapes. There is a small semi-circular brim in a different pattern of cording, consisting of small floral shapes within a close banded ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Linen; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn
Brief description
Cap of corded linen whitework, 1730-50, British; made from another garment/furnishing
Physical description
Cap of fine bleached linen, backed with coarser linen and probably remade from another garment or furnishing. It is cut in 1 piece, shaped and seamed to a point at the crown where it is trimmed with a small thread button. The cap is corded in backstitch with linen thread in a pattern of interlaced curving bands within diamond shapes. There is a small semi-circular brim in a different pattern of cording, consisting of small floral shapes within a close banded ground.
Dimensions
  • Length: 23.5cm (approx)
  • Width: 21.0cm (approx)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr E. W. Mynott
Collection
Accession number
T.58-1980

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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