Nightcap
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Man's nightcap made of four panels of undyed ribbed cotton with fairly deep cuff, piped along four seams and top of cuff with blue silk; topped with silk and metallic tassel. Embroidered with bright crewel wool yarns in chain stitch with symmetrical flower spray in each panel, floral scroll along cuff. Unlined.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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: 1952-47-3
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Nightcap
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool embroidery on linen and cotton ground, silk binding, silk and metallic tassel Technique: embroidered using chain, buttonhole and stem stitches on plain weave Label: linen and cotton embroidered with wool in chain, buttonhole and stem stitches; silk binding, silk and metallic tassel
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 22.9 x 17.8 cm (9 x 7 in.)