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2017.351.6
Title
Embroidered Velvet Smoking Cap
Date(s)
- undated [1870-1900] (Creation)
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Transferred from the Shelagh Lovett-Turner Collection
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Dark gold coloured silk velvet smoking cap with circular flat top. It has been hand embroidered in dark gold braid and threads in a pattern of five-pointed leaves which circle around the silk thread covered button in the centre of the top of the cap and around the cap edges. The button fastens a long fine braid tassel. The cap is lined in machine quilted brown silk in a pattern of horizontal lines.
Country of Design: Britain
Country of Manufacture: Britain
Keywords: Leisure wear, informal dress, night wear, smoking
Country of Design: Britain
Country of Manufacture: Britain
Keywords: Leisure wear, informal dress, night wear, smoking
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Material: Silk velvet
Colour/Print: Dark gold, brown
Details: Hand embroidered, machine quilted
Colour/Print: Dark gold, brown
Details: Hand embroidered, machine quilted