Nightcap
ca. 1600 (made)
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Man's unfinished nightcap of very fine linen, embroidered with black silk. It is made of 1 piece, 1 side straight, the other cut with 4 triangular pieaks. The cap is worked in speckling and stem stitches; the seams embroidered with cross stitch
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen, silk; hand-woven, hand-embroidered |
| Brief description | Man's unfinished nightcap of blackwork, 1600c, English |
| Physical description | Man's unfinished nightcap of very fine linen, embroidered with black silk. It is made of 1 piece, 1 side straight, the other cut with 4 triangular pieaks. The cap is worked in speckling and stem stitches; the seams embroidered with cross stitch |
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| Accession number | T.10-1950 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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