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Description: | This hat is a Victorian mans smoking cap. Smoking caps became popular in the 1850s. Their shape is usually somewhere between a pillbox hat and a Turkish fez. The caps are often elaborately embroidered in a variety of colourful patterns inspired by Turkish and Russian designs. This influence is due to the fact that the Crimean War (1854-1856) was largely responsible for making smoking popular in Britain. This smoking cap is made of red wool and is decorated in metallic thread embroidery. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | living in the North East fashion clothes home life leisure men | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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