Nightcap
Category
Costume
Date
1740 - 1760
Materials
Leather
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348951
Summary
Cap; Nightcap - Thick, soft leather; cuff of thinner leather. Possibly Cordovan. Crown made in 6 sections, with embossed design - all joined with crude back-stitch, leaving pinked 'frill'. Cuff sections are semi-circular, weith pinked edge and embrossed design. Possibly Spanish.
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade