Coif
date: label: Date
content: 1575–1625
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Woman's coif of off-white linen, with a point over the forehead, shaped at the cheeks, and with a pleated detail at the crown. Embroidered with scrolling stems in gold thread framing flower and pears embroidered in colored silks in blues, greens, yellow and red.
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: 1962-53-5
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-core embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in plate (flat), braid, stem, and couching stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (folded): 21.6 x 21 cm (8 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)