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Cap of Striped Pink Silk Brocaded with Green Roses, Consisting of Four Pattes Each with an Attached Border Turned Back, with a Fabric-Covered Button in the Center of the Dome
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Cap, midwife's cap or bridegroom's cap, of striped pink silk brocaded with green roses. Model: four pattes each with an attached edge that is turned back. In the middle of the crown a button covered with fabric. The edge is lined with bottle-green silk. On the transition from the lining to the edge a 1.5 cm wide tunnel through which a purple ribbon is drawn. In the middle back two festooned holes through which the ribbon can be tied on the outside. The tunnel and the upper part of the edge are reinforced.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineMuts van gestreepte roze zijde gebrocheerd met groene rozen, bestaande uit vier pattes met ieder een aangezette rand die is teruggeslagen, midden op de bol een met stof beklede knoop. c. 1700 - c. 1770. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
