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Cap (headgear)

Title	Cap (headgear)
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1250
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Africa Archaeology Textiles Death Hats & Headwear
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Approx. circumference: 640mm, From one edge to the other, measuring the full extent of fabric across the skull area. length: 320mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	46-1899
Record ID	46-1899
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1250
Notes	A head cap of woven silk and linen. Egyptian, Possibly Mamluk, ca. AD1250-1500. From a tomb. The cap is comprised of a skull cap and a head band. The skull cap is made of six triangles of fabric sewn together. The fabric is blue silk and is quilted in geometric patterns with a blue silk thread. Decoration is achieved by design on the tips of the triangles. Five tips have six small holes forming a triangle, that are stitched with button hole stitch using blue silk. The sixth triangle has thin strips of gilded leather sewn across to form a triangle. Two strips of gilded leather runs across two of the triangles. The head band (750mm in width) has one band (30mm across) of gilded leather strips, overing the quilting. The rest of the band is decorated with quilted rows of zig-zagged diamonds that run around the cap. The lining is undyed, plain weave linen. Between the lining and the silk is a layer of paper/fibre which helps shape the quilted design. Only half the head band remains and some patches of linen have been applied in modern times to hold some of the torn edges together. Similar to 1097-1900.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven silk and linen, paper, fibre, gilded leather Silk (Textile) Linen Gilt Leather Fibre Paper Weaving Dyeing Sewing Gilding Tanning
Fiziksel açıklama	A head cap of woven silk and linen. The cap is comprised of a skull cap and a head band. The skull cap is made of six triangles of fabric sewn together. The fabric is blue silk and is quilted in geometric patterns with a blue silk thread. Decoration is achieved by design on the tips of the triangles. Five tips have six small holes forming a triangle, that are stitched with button hole stitch using blue silk. The sixth triangle has thin strips of gilded leather sewn across to form a triangle. Two strips of gilded leather runs across two of the triangles. The head band (750mm in width) has one band (30mm across) of gilded leather strips, overing the quilting. The rest of the band is decorated with quilted rows of zig-zagged diamonds that run around the cap. The lining is undyed, plain weave linen. Between the lining and the silk is a layer of paper/fibre which helps shape the quilted design. Only half the head band remains and some patches of linen have been applied in modern times to hold some of the torn edges together. Similar to 1097-1900.

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Cap (headgear)

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1250

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Africa Archaeology Textiles Death Hats & Headwear

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Approx. circumference: 640mm, From one edge to the other, measuring the full extent of fabric across the skull area. length: 320mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 46-1899

Record ID 46-1899

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1250

Notes A head cap of woven silk and linen. Egyptian, Possibly Mamluk, ca. AD1250-1500. From a tomb. The cap is comprised of a skull cap and a head band. The skull cap is made of six triangles of fabric sewn together. The fabric is blue silk and is quilted in geometric patterns with a blue silk thread. Decoration is achieved by design on the tips of the triangles. Five tips have six small holes forming a triangle, that are stitched with button hole stitch using blue silk. The sixth triangle has thin strips of gilded leather sewn across to form a triangle. Two strips of gilded leather runs across two of the triangles. The head band (750mm in width) has one band (30mm across) of gilded leather strips, overing the quilting. The rest of the band is decorated with quilted rows of zig-zagged diamonds that run around the cap. The lining is undyed, plain weave linen. Between the lining and the silk is a layer of paper/fibre which helps shape the quilted design. Only half the head band remains and some patches of linen have been applied in modern times to hold some of the torn edges together. Similar to 1097-1900.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven silk and linen, paper, fibre, gilded leather Silk (Textile) Linen Gilt Leather Fibre Paper Weaving Dyeing Sewing Gilding Tanning

Fiziksel açıklama A head cap of woven silk and linen. The cap is comprised of a skull cap and a head band. The skull cap is made of six triangles of fabric sewn together. The fabric is blue silk and is quilted in geometric patterns with a blue silk thread. Decoration is achieved by design on the tips of the triangles. Five tips have six small holes forming a triangle, that are stitched with button hole stitch using blue silk. The sixth triangle has thin strips of gilded leather sewn across to form a triangle. Two strips of gilded leather runs across two of the triangles. The head band (750mm in width) has one band (30mm across) of gilded leather strips, overing the quilting. The rest of the band is decorated with quilted rows of zig-zagged diamonds that run around the cap. The lining is undyed, plain weave linen. Between the lining and the silk is a layer of paper/fibre which helps shape the quilted design. Only half the head band remains and some patches of linen have been applied in modern times to hold some of the torn edges together. Similar to 1097-1900.