Cap
date: label: Date
content: mid-19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Undyed cotton quilted into narrow ribs, possibly over cording. Cording is over embroidery of coarse satin stitches in orange, black, yellow and green in a pattern of various stylized floral sprays and scrolls. Quilting radiates from the crown of the cap and runs down to the rim band, which is made of a seperate piece with ribs running around. Embroidery dates to mid-19th century and made into a cap at a later date.
place: label: made in
content: Afghanistan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss C. Frances Beiber
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-92-22
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Cap
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, cotton Technique: satin stitch embroidery on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 10.8 x 17.8 cm (4 1/4 x 7 in.)