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Sumptuous interlacing scrolls bearing flora and fruit embroidered with gold, silver, and silk thread decorate this set composed of a coif (cap see 1934.206) and forehead cloth (seen here). Individual motifs representing England appear within the scrolls, such as the Tudor rose, carnation, honeysuckle, and acorn. <br><br>Fashionable ladies wore coifs in the house as semiformal dress and in bed for receiving guests. The large loops along its lower edge were drawn together to keep it in place. Worn pointing backward, the forehead cloth functioned like a visor, supposedly preventing wrinkles and keeping off the sun and cold air.
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114624
label
Forehead Cloth
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object
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114624
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object
title
Forehead Cloth
description
Sumptuous interlacing scrolls bearing flora and fruit embroidered with gold, silver, and silk thread decorate this set composed of a coif (cap see 1934.206) and forehead cloth (seen here). Individual motifs representing England appear within the scrolls, such as the Tudor rose, carnation, honeysuckle, and acorn. <br><br>Fashionable ladies wore coifs in the house as semiformal dress and in bed for receiving guests. The large loops along its lower edge were drawn together to keep it in place. Worn pointing backward, the forehead cloth functioned like a visor, supposedly preventing wrinkles and keeping off the sun and cold air.
date
late 1500s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80007446
genreSpecific
Embroidery
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 16.8 x 38.7 cm (6 5/8 x 15 1/4 in.)
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England, Elizabethan Period, late 16th century
accession
1934.231
Source extras
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Silk, gold and silver thread, sequins, padding, linen; embroidery
tombstone
Forehead Cloth, late 1500s. England, Elizabethan Period, late 16th century. Silk, gold and silver thread, sequins, padding, linen; embroidery; overall: 16.8 x 38.7 cm (6 5/8 x 15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1934.231
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Textiles
relatedWorks
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114589
description
Coif, late 1500s. England, Elizabethan Period, late 16th century. Silk, gold and silver thread, sequins, padding, linen; embroidery; overall: 21 x 42.2 cm (8 1/4 x 16 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1934.206
citations
citation
Underhill, Gertrude. "Old Embroideries in the Museum: Three English Embroideries." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 21, no. 8 (1934).
page_number
p. 123-25
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25137641
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 264
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Dudley P. Allen Fund
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2026-05-29 06:00:56.534000
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114624
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Textiles
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Textiles
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Silk, gold and silver thread, sequins, padding, linen; embroidery
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