Man's cap
date: label: Date
content: late 16th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A man's cap with turned up cuff, of off-white linen embroidered in a pattern of rainbows arching over clouds with rain falling, with snails and caterpillars interspersed. In blue, green, yellow, red and pink silks and silver metallic yarns.
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: 1962-53-11
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Man's cap
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and metallic embroidery on linen foundation, metal spangles Technique: appliqued and embroidered in split, back and couching stitches on plain weave foundation; Label: linen embroidered with silk, metallic yarns and spangles in split, back and couching stitches
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam: 20 x 19 cm (7 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.)