Man's Nightcap

late 1500s Overall: 16.9 x 18 x 18 cm (6 5/8 x 7 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.352

According to Elizabethan embroidery scholar Jacqui Carey, this man’s nightcap is constructed of a single piece of embroidered, plain weave linen, cut and folded as is typical of the period. The four points cut into the top edge of the fabric are joined to form the crown while...

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