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Description: | White linen cap in the chinoiserie style; with a stitched ground of vermicular lines in bright yellow silk. Embroidered with the main design, also in acid yellow, mainly in chain stitch in a bold design of scallop shells. Domed crown in 4 sections; wide turned up, peaked brim with meandering floral embroidery as an edging; cap is unlined.
See 1952.123 for a similar cap.
Technique: embroidering
Technique: chain stitch
Material: linen
Material: silk
Man's nightcap, late 17C.
Man's nightcap, late 17C, detail 2
Man's nightcap, late 17C
Man's nightcap, late 17C, detail
Man's nightcap, late 17C, lining | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.70144 | Go to resource |
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