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Nightcap

ca. 1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Category
Object type
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
Dimensions
  • Length: 18.5cm (approx)
  • Width: 53.5cm (approx)
Collection
Accession number
T.10-1950

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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