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1800-1890 (made)
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Cotton padded and quilted with silk in running stitch, bound with woven wool; whitework.
Displayed behind glass.
Four curving triangular panels of white cotton joined together to form a pointed hat. There is a border of joined diamonds along the three sides of each panel. Within this there is a pattern of bands at the bottom of each panel with everything worked in white silk:
[1] impossible to see the design
[2] zigzag line
[3] left bending boetehs
[4] as [2]
[5] as [1]
The remaining triangular field is filled with a fine pattern of stems and flowers.
Binding/Facing: stripe wool: red, white and blue stripes each with a decorative pattern.
Displayed behind glass.
Four curving triangular panels of white cotton joined together to form a pointed hat. There is a border of joined diamonds along the three sides of each panel. Within this there is a pattern of bands at the bottom of each panel with everything worked in white silk:
[1] impossible to see the design
[2] zigzag line
[3] left bending boetehs
[4] as [2]
[5] as [1]
The remaining triangular field is filled with a fine pattern of stems and flowers.
Binding/Facing: stripe wool: red, white and blue stripes each with a decorative pattern.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, woollen yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, quilting, whitework, sewing |
| Brief description | embroidered, 1770-1850, Persian; Whitework |
| Physical description | Cotton padded and quilted with silk in running stitch, bound with woven wool; whitework. Displayed behind glass. Four curving triangular panels of white cotton joined together to form a pointed hat. There is a border of joined diamonds along the three sides of each panel. Within this there is a pattern of bands at the bottom of each panel with everything worked in white silk: [1] impossible to see the design [2] zigzag line [3] left bending boetehs [4] as [2] [5] as [1] The remaining triangular field is filled with a fine pattern of stems and flowers. Binding/Facing: stripe wool: red, white and blue stripes each with a decorative pattern. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 289-1898 |
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| Record created | July 8, 2008 |
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