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Description: | Linen, embroidered in black silk and silver gilt thread raised work (strip wound round silk core).
Coif: one length of material, shaped at each end, folded in half, seamed from edges half way to fold at top; hem at lower edge for drawstring, drawstring included (probably not original); embroidery worked in pattern of strawberries and bees alternating with dots in back and braid and laid stitches.
Forehead cloth: triangular, blunted points at each end of long side; embroidered as coif.
Technique: embroidering
Technique: blackwork
Technique: braid stitch
Material: linen
Material: silk
Material: silver thread
coif & forehead cloth made in England, 1600-20, (2003.64/2). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.14563 | Go to resource |
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