Nightcap
1600-1625 (made)
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This nightcap is an example of informal headwear for a wealthy man. Headwear was a significant part of dress in the 17th century, for reasons of both fashion and warmth, and although nightcaps were only worn around the home, they could be, like this example, very luxurious.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen, embroidered with silver-gilt thread and silks |
| Brief description | Man`s cap, embroidered linen, Britain, 1575 - 1624. |
| Physical description | Man`s cap, embroidered linen. |
| Object history | Part of the Isham collection purchased in 1899. |
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| Summary | This nightcap is an example of informal headwear for a wealthy man. Headwear was a significant part of dress in the 17th century, for reasons of both fashion and warmth, and although nightcaps were only worn around the home, they could be, like this example, very luxurious. |
| Bibliographic reference | John Lea Nevinson, Catalogue of English Domestic Embroidery of the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries, Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Textiles, London: HMSO, 1938, p.86, plate LXIV b 1 |
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| Accession number | 198-1900 |
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| Record created | January 6, 2003 |
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