Hood
1600-1630 (made)
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A woman's linen hood embroidered in blackwork speckling with black silk in a design of scrolls and flowers, with linen bobbin lace trimming.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen, embroidered with silk; hand-sewn and embroidered, linen bobbin lace |
| Brief description | A woman's hood embroidered with floral design, bobbin lace trimming, Britain, 1600-1630 |
| Physical description | A woman's linen hood embroidered in blackwork speckling with black silk in a design of scrolls and flowers, with linen bobbin lace trimming. |
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| Bibliographic reference | John Lea Nevinson, Catalogue of English Domestic Embroidery of the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries, Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Textiles, London: HMSO, 1938, p.83, plate LVII |
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| Accession number | T.135-1924 |
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| Record created | January 22, 2003 |
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