Nightcap
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Man's cap of yellow silk taffeta made up of four panels with a deep turn-up cuff. Embroidered with symmetrical chinoiserie floral sprays in satin stitch in blue ombre silk, and in bouclé stitch in silver metallic yarns. With silver metallic bobbin lace covering the four seams and edging the cuff.
place: label: made in
content: France or Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline E. Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1952-47-1
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Nightcap
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metallic yarn (silver foil wrapped around silk core), flat foil strip Technique: embroidered in satin stitches on plain weave Label: silk embroidered with silk, metallic yarns and flat foil strip in satin stitch; metallic bobbin lace
label: Dimensions
content: H x circumference: 22.2 x 60 cm (8 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)