Woman's Quilted Cap (Germany)

Woman's hand quilted cap from Niederhessen, Germany, second half 19th cenury. Woman's hand quilted cap from Niederhessen, Germany, second half 19th cenury. Courtesy Textile Research Centre, Leiden, acc. no. TRC 2016.0477.

The Textile Research Centre (TRC), Leiden, houses a woman's quilted cap from Niederhessen, Germany. The cap dates to the second half of the nineteenth century. The cap itself measures 16 x 11 cm. The four tassels are 60 cm long. The cap is made of black silk with decorative hand quilting and two pairs of black silk ribbons. 

TRC online catalogue (retrieved 4 October 2016).

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