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Cap (headgear)

Title	Cap (headgear)
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1000
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Africa Archaeology Textiles Hats & Headwear Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Headband width: 90mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.144-1921
Record ID	T.144-1921
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1000
Notes	Half of a head cap of linen and wool/fibre? Painted design and metal threads. Egyptian, ca. AD1000-1400. From a tomb. The cap is formed with an outer layer of glazed linen hardened/moulded around a layer of wool or other fibre (possibly linen?) and then lined with another hardened layer of linen. From the inside it appears to a continuous, flat layer but from the outside there is a definite small, skull cap attached to a wide head band (90mm). The outer linen is glazed. It has white threads alternating with blue threads. Some of the threads have metal gilt remaining. A floral pattern has been painted onto the fabric. It is of a single flower with decorative stem. The flower seems to have a light wash of yellow stain over it. There is one flower and stem over the skull cap and three around the head band (although half the head band is missing). There is a thin layer of fibrous padding and then an inner layer of blue linen (poorly dyed); plain woven; approx. 15x15 tpc. A continuous running stitch in undyed linen thread (s-spun) can be seen circling up from the base to the top of the lining. It is also visible from the outer side of the cap. There is some staining.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven, glazed linen; wool, fibre, paint, metal gilt Linen Wool Fibre Paint Metal Weaving Sewing Dyeing Painting Gilding
Fiziksel açıklama	Half of a head cap of linen and wool/fibre? Painted design and metal threads. The cap is formed with an outer layer of glazed linen hardened/moulded around a layer of wool or other fibre (possibly linen?) and then lined with another hardened layer of linen. From the inside it appears to a continuous, flat layer but from the outside there is a definite small, skull cap attached to a wide head band (90mm). The outer linen is glazed. It has white threads alternating with blue threads. Some of the threads have metal gilt remaining. A floral pattern has been painted onto the fabric. It is of a single flower with decorative stem. The flower seems to have a light wash of yellow stain over it. There is one flower and stem over the skull cap and three around the head band (although half the head band is missing). There is a thin layer of fibrous padding and then an inner layer of blue linen (poorly dyed); plain woven; approx. 15x15 tpc. A continuous running stitch in undyed linen thread (s-spun) can be seen circling up from the base to the top of the lining. It is also visible from the outer side of the cap. There is some staining. .

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Cap (headgear)

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1000

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Africa Archaeology Textiles Hats & Headwear Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Headband width: 90mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.144-1921

Record ID T.144-1921

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1000

Notes Half of a head cap of linen and wool/fibre? Painted design and metal threads. Egyptian, ca. AD1000-1400. From a tomb. The cap is formed with an outer layer of glazed linen hardened/moulded around a layer of wool or other fibre (possibly linen?) and then lined with another hardened layer of linen. From the inside it appears to a continuous, flat layer but from the outside there is a definite small, skull cap attached to a wide head band (90mm). The outer linen is glazed. It has white threads alternating with blue threads. Some of the threads have metal gilt remaining. A floral pattern has been painted onto the fabric. It is of a single flower with decorative stem. The flower seems to have a light wash of yellow stain over it. There is one flower and stem over the skull cap and three around the head band (although half the head band is missing). There is a thin layer of fibrous padding and then an inner layer of blue linen (poorly dyed); plain woven; approx. 15x15 tpc. A continuous running stitch in undyed linen thread (s-spun) can be seen circling up from the base to the top of the lining. It is also visible from the outer side of the cap. There is some staining.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven, glazed linen; wool, fibre, paint, metal gilt Linen Wool Fibre Paint Metal Weaving Sewing Dyeing Painting Gilding

Fiziksel açıklama Half of a head cap of linen and wool/fibre? Painted design and metal threads. The cap is formed with an outer layer of glazed linen hardened/moulded around a layer of wool or other fibre (possibly linen?) and then lined with another hardened layer of linen. From the inside it appears to a continuous, flat layer but from the outside there is a definite small, skull cap attached to a wide head band (90mm). The outer linen is glazed. It has white threads alternating with blue threads. Some of the threads have metal gilt remaining. A floral pattern has been painted onto the fabric. It is of a single flower with decorative stem. The flower seems to have a light wash of yellow stain over it. There is one flower and stem over the skull cap and three around the head band (although half the head band is missing). There is a thin layer of fibrous padding and then an inner layer of blue linen (poorly dyed); plain woven; approx. 15x15 tpc. A continuous running stitch in undyed linen thread (s-spun) can be seen circling up from the base to the top of the lining. It is also visible from the outer side of the cap. There is some staining. .