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Details
A nightcap, embroidered on linen in coloured silks and metal threads with raised work Tudor Roses, honeysuckle and vines within scrolling foliage and enhanced with sequins--English, second quarter 17th century
See Illustration on Back Cover
See Illustration on Back Cover
Provenance
George Somes Esq. who showed it at the exhibition of the Royal House of Stuart at the New Gallery in 1889 catalogue no. 376 when it was thought to have been worn by H.M. King Charles I at his execution on 30th January 1649. This lot includes a copy of the catalogue and various letters. The Somes family believed the cap descended to them from Bishop Hamilton. A print of the King with the cap he wore on the scaffold in the British Museum (O.D. 164) shows a similar cap. The cap is small but the King himself was diminutive in stature. This, along with the superb quality of the needlework, enhances the possibility that the provenance is accurate.
Special notice
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Further details
This nightcap was sold in these rooms as lot 51 on October 18th 1983.