Coif
date: label: Date
content: late 16th–early 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Off-white linen coif, shaped at cheek and with a point over the forehead, embroidered in gold-wrapped silk and colored silk threads in rose, green, pale green, blue and yellow. A lattice pattern in green and gold frames flowering branches, pears, peas, and grapes with many details in high relief in gold.
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-53-2
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Coif
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk thread embroidery, linen foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, chain, rococo, buttonhole, interlacing, and various looping stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 23 x 22cm (9 1/16 x 8 11/16in.)