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Smoking Cap
Unknownca. 1850
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
This soft men’s cap provided a comfortable stay time in the home. Four gussets, interfaced with cardboard and falling to the back, were attached to its asymmetrically cut headband. Topped with a tassel of gold-coloured bullion. Gold coloured wire is set in a floral pattern and the seams are marked in gold coloured cord.
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Details
- Title: Smoking Cap
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: ca. 1850
- Stylistic point of origin: Europe
- Rights: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Stephan Klonk │ Text © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Christine Waidenschlager
- Provenance: 2003 Kamer/Ruf collection, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
- Physical Dimensions: w20 x h15 cm
- ISIL no.: DE-MUS-018417
- Type: Cap
- External Link: http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/kunstgewerbemuseum/home.html
- Medium: Bordeaux red silk velvet, cord braid and tassel, gold coloured metal filaments, thread with core; interfacing: cardstock, Lining: reddish brown silk taffeta
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