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Description: | thick brown wool, hand-knitted in stocking-stitch with 7 stitches per inch (6 stitches per centimetre), round flat cap with falt brim for two-thirds of head circumference; brim with rounded corners; appears to be knitted in the round, starting at the underside of the brim (probably with a tuck taken in, see below), then the underside of the cap, increasing to greatest circumference, then the top of the cap, decreasing to 30 stitches, gathered and stitched at centre; the brimless part of the head opening has a knitted extension or tuck for about one inch (2.5cm) which is turned in and appears to be sewn down; traces of raised nap between cap and brim indicating that the cap was probably fulled and blocked to shape,
Accession number: NCM 1948-35 | Subjects: | costume (men's) knitting | Temporal: | 1540-1580 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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