Cap
1800-1880 (made)
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Tapestry woven silk and metal thread, lined with plain weave silk decorated with a metal thread tassel.
The cap is made from four triangular sections, identical in patterning. On a green ground a zigzag band in white, originally silver strip wound around a white silk core, framing a triangle framed in white and decorated with trefoil shapes outlined n red, lozenges with black details. In the centre of the green triangle four rows of small narrow oval white shapes outlined in red.
Silk: green, S-twist; red, S-twist; black indeterminable twist.
Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on white silk core.
The lining is green silk.
There is a drawstring around the base: two cords of yellow, white and green silk.
There is a tassel from the crown which is 13 cm long.
There is a fringe of doubled silver-gilt strip open S-wound on yellow silk and twisted to form a small eyelet at the crown.
The cap is made from four triangular sections, identical in patterning. On a green ground a zigzag band in white, originally silver strip wound around a white silk core, framing a triangle framed in white and decorated with trefoil shapes outlined n red, lozenges with black details. In the centre of the green triangle four rows of small narrow oval white shapes outlined in red.
Silk: green, S-twist; red, S-twist; black indeterminable twist.
Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on white silk core.
The lining is green silk.
There is a drawstring around the base: two cords of yellow, white and green silk.
There is a tassel from the crown which is 13 cm long.
There is a fringe of doubled silver-gilt strip open S-wound on yellow silk and twisted to form a small eyelet at the crown.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | silk thread, metal thread, tapestry weaving, sewing |
| Brief description | tapestry woven silk, 1850c, Turkish |
| Physical description | Tapestry woven silk and metal thread, lined with plain weave silk decorated with a metal thread tassel. The cap is made from four triangular sections, identical in patterning. On a green ground a zigzag band in white, originally silver strip wound around a white silk core, framing a triangle framed in white and decorated with trefoil shapes outlined n red, lozenges with black details. In the centre of the green triangle four rows of small narrow oval white shapes outlined in red. Silk: green, S-twist; red, S-twist; black indeterminable twist. Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on white silk core. The lining is green silk. There is a drawstring around the base: two cords of yellow, white and green silk. There is a tassel from the crown which is 13 cm long. There is a fringe of doubled silver-gilt strip open S-wound on yellow silk and twisted to form a small eyelet at the crown. |
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| Accession number | 542-1884 |
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| Record created | March 11, 2008 |
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