Cap with leaves and flowers

Details

• Title

  Cap with leaves and flowers

• Associated people

  Robert Shaw (1839 - 1879) (owner)

• Associated place

  Asia (Central) (place of creation)

• Date

  1801 - 1869

• Material and technique

  cotton, dyed black, quilted, and embroidered with coloured wool; cotton lining, partly block-printed; light-blue, green, and white cotton braid

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton;

  organic › animal › hair › wool

• Technique index

  woven;

  dyed;

  needleworked › quilted;

  needleworked › embroidered;

  printed › relief print;

  plaited

  more

• Object type

  clothing › head-gear › cap;

  textile

• Dimensions

  11 cm (height)
  16.5 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Transferred from the Indian Institute, University of Oxford.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.7411

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