Nightcap

18th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Tall man's nightcap with deep bicorne cuff in salmon-colored ribbed silk, brocaded with a symmetrical floral design in silver metallic yarns and blue, green, yellow, pink, and white silks.

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Title: Nightcap
Date Created: 18th century
Location Created: France or Italy
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarn (metal foil wound around silk core) and flat foil strips Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary wefts (brocading) Label: silk and metallic brocade
Credit line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline E. Greenleaf

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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