Indoor cap
Category
Costume
Date
1880 - 1900
Materials
Silk
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1350171
Summary
Indoor cap - A cream silk machine lace (Heathe Cote's 3-twist bobbin net) cap with applied needlepoint motifs of flowers and leaves (known as Brussels needlepoint applique - for future details see Pat Earshaw 'The Indentification of Lace' p114. Round crown to fit over bun, smooth brim finishing well off the face and curving round to join below crown at back of neck. Brim edged with 2 frills of matching lace. (female)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade