Cap
date: label: Date
content: late 13th–early 14th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Man's cap of bright blue silk formed from six isoceles triangles, with a deep band to encircle the head. The triangles have quilted geometric borders and fillings; the band has a quilted interlacing pattern with narrow guard borders and a single gold metallic stripe.
place: label: made in
content: Egypt
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1949-64-7
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Cap
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: untwisted silk, gilded parchment; Z-spun linen lining Technique: plain weave cloth, quilted, embroidered and sewn Label: Quilted and embroidered silk with gilded parchment
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 11.4 x 15.2 cm (4 1/2 x 6 in.)