Woman's linen coif, embroidered in polychrome thread

An image of Textiles/Woman's coif. Linen, polychrome embroidery in silk, silver and silver gilt thread. Stitches; braid, buttonhole, chain, double chain, ladder, plaited braid, stem, trellis, bosses. Design, circular coiling stems terminating in alternating sprays of oak leaves and strawberries. Open top seam, front edge finished with gilt thread and dark blue silk. Height, whole, 8 in, width, whole, 8 in, circa 1575- circa 1624. English.

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Textiles/Woman's coif. Linen, polychrome embroidery in silk, silver and silver gilt thread. Stitches; braid, buttonhole, chain, double chain, ladder, plaited braid, stem, trellis, bosses. Design, circular coiling stems terminating in alternating sprays of oak leaves and strawberries. Open top seam, front edge finished with gilt thread and dark blue silk. Height, whole, 8 in, width, whole, 8 in, circa 1575- circa 1624. English.

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Accession Number: T.6-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 976 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 366.70kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1

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16th Century 17th Century Artistic Movement Date Department Elizabethan English Fitz_AA Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Renaissance Silver Stewart Period Stuart Period Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd braid stitch caps chain stitch clothes clothing coif costume embroidered embroidery fashion female fruits hair hairstyle hats headdress headgear ladder stitch linen oak leaf oaks polychrome silk silver-gilt stem stitch stitches stitching strawberries strawberry textile

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