Cap (Headgear)
1725-1750 (made)
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Child’s cap of green figured silk, lined with pale pink silk taffeta. It is cut in 3 pieces, and edged with silver-gilt bobbin lace, with pale green silk ribbon ties. The cap is embroidered with silver-gilt filé, frizé and strip in a pattern of large flowers. The edging of silk bobbin lace was probably added in the 1750s.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, silver, gold; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn, bobbin lace |
| Brief description | Child's cap green figured silk, 1725-50, French; green figured silk embroidered with silver-gilt thread |
| Physical description | Child’s cap of green figured silk, lined with pale pink silk taffeta. It is cut in 3 pieces, and edged with silver-gilt bobbin lace, with pale green silk ribbon ties. The cap is embroidered with silver-gilt filé, frizé and strip in a pattern of large flowers. The edging of silk bobbin lace was probably added in the 1750s. |
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| Accession number | 537-1898 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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