Historical Headgear

Variety of historical hats and caps, including ornate fabric headpieces and unique styles from different eras, displayed creatively.

Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile in a five-harness satin foundation (ciselé voided velvet), Rows of diagonally placed motifs in maroon on a purple voided ground. One motif is a foliate rectangle, the other is a leaf. The diagonals are reversed from row to row. The interspaces are filled with tiny rosettes., Italy, 17th century, woven textiles, Fragment
Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile in a five-harness satin foundation (ciselé voided velvet), Rows of diagonally placed motifs in maroon on a purple voided ground. One motif is a foliate rectangle, the other is a leaf. The diagonals are reversed from row to row. The interspaces are filled with tiny rosettes., Italy, 17th century, woven textiles, Fragment