Cap (Headgear)
19th century (made)
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Silk and silver gilt embroidery on linen in cross, stem, braid, and double darning stitches. The cap is hood-shaped, with the main panel divided by an insertion of gilt braid. The L-shaped black borders with rosettes and leaves in black, gold, and silver, are around a sprig with four blue flowers and a large red fruit (?). The front is trimmed with a wider scalloped band of metal briad on red cloth, and has silk tassels at the sides. The back is caught together with crochet work in red silk.
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Materials and techniques | Silk embroidery on linen with silver gilt braid trim |
Brief description | Silk and silver gilt embroidery on linen; Bosnia; 1800s. |
Physical description | Silk and silver gilt embroidery on linen in cross, stem, braid, and double darning stitches. The cap is hood-shaped, with the main panel divided by an insertion of gilt braid. The L-shaped black borders with rosettes and leaves in black, gold, and silver, are around a sprig with four blue flowers and a large red fruit (?). The front is trimmed with a wider scalloped band of metal briad on red cloth, and has silk tassels at the sides. The back is caught together with crochet work in red silk. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs Lewis F. Day |
Object history | Registered File no. 9901/1926. Register: "An identical design in the National Museum at Sarajevo is illustrated in [Helmuth Theodor] Bossert [Peasant Art in Europe], plate LXXXI, no. 1. Similar type described as Dalmatia (Imotski) in Split Museum [in Croatia]." |
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Accession number | T.247-1929 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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