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Cap Panel

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

White cotton embroidery on black silk in satin, stem, chain, and buttonhole stitches and French knots. Across the front there is a band of black silk braid. Apart from the crown (which is left plain, except for a small rosette), the rest of the ground is entirely covered with a close-set floral pattern.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cotton embroidery on silk
Brief description
Cotton embroidery on black silk; Hungary (Sárköz), 1800s.
Physical description
White cotton embroidery on black silk in satin, stem, chain, and buttonhole stitches and French knots. Across the front there is a band of black silk braid. Apart from the crown (which is left plain, except for a small rosette), the rest of the ground is entirely covered with a close-set floral pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6in
  • Depth: 6in
Credit line
Sárköz
Object history
Registered File no. 9901/1926.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Holme, Charles. Peasant Art in Austria and Hungary. London: The Studio, 1911.
Collection
Accession number
T.239-1929

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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