NEEDLEWORK AND TEXTILES
A gentleman's nightcap
Details
A gentleman's nightcap
of ivory linen embroidered in coloured silks and metal threads with leafy coiling stems encircling pansies, roses and borage, also with acorns, the cuff trimmed with metal lace, English, early 17th century
See Colour Plate
of ivory linen embroidered in coloured silks and metal threads with leafy coiling stems encircling pansies, roses and borage, also with acorns, the cuff trimmed with metal lace, English, early 17th century
See Colour Plate
Exhibited
Armada Exhibition at Grosvenor House 1990