Man's Nightcap
late 1500s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Man's Nightcap, late 1500s. England, Elizabethan Period, late 16th century. Silk, silver thread, plaited braiding, linen; embroidery: chain and buttonhole stitches; overall: 16.9 x 18 x 18 cm (6 5/8 x 7 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.352
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Embroidery
- Formatted Medium
- Silk, silver thread, plaited braiding, linen; embroidery: chain and buttonhole stitches
- Medium
- silk, silver, thread, plaited, braiding, linen, embroidery, chain, buttonhole, stitches
- Dimensions
- Overall: 16.9 x 18 x 18 cm (6 5/8 x 7 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1950.352
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Only for Beauty? (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115, Art of Embroidery in Late Medieval Europe (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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