Indoor cap
Category
Costume
Date
1840 - 1850
Materials
Cotton
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1350163
Summary
Indoor cap - A fine white cotton cap with a tamboured spot design. It is small with a slightly puffed crown, gathered into lower edge. Very deep brim with rounded points meeting under the chin. A narrow band of hand-worked embroderie anglais intersertion between crown and brim and all round outer edge. All handstitched. The ties have now been cut off. (female) Wade Reference number J.5 'Cap embroidered linen the lace is gone has an open work decoration and lapels' Bought for £0.7.6 from Mrs Solomon
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade