Cap with tendrils and leaves

Details

• Title

  Cap with tendrils and leaves

• Associated people

  Robert Shaw (1839 - 1879) (owner)

• Associated place

  Asia › China (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  1801 - 1869

• Material and technique

  silk, dyed black, quilted, and embroidered with white wool and remains of red wool; cotton lining, partly block-printed; green and white braid, probably cotton

• Material index

  organic › animal › animal product › silk;

  organic › animal › hair › wool;

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton

• Technique index

  woven;

  dyed;

  needleworked › quilted;

  needleworked › embroidered;

  printed › relief print;

  plaited

  more

• Object type

  textile;

  clothing › head-gear › cap

• Dimensions

  12 cm (height)
  17 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Transferred from the Indian Institute, University of Oxford.

• Museum location

  Lower ground floor | Gallery 5 | Textiles

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.7405

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