Nightcap in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2012

Nightcap

Date: 1600–1620

Culture: English

Medium: Linen worked with silk and metal threads, spangles; chain, stem, darning, detached buttonhole, and plaited braid stitches

Dimensions: H. 8 x W. 7 3/4 inches (20.3 x 19.7 cm)

Classification: Textiles-Embroidered

Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

Accession Number: 64.101.1241

Description:

Roses, thistles and eglantines, butterflies, birds and caterpillars decorate this skillfully embroidered gentleman’s nightcap. Despite its name, this type of cap would also have functioned as an informal, indoor article of clothing during the daylight hours.


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