embroidered, 1770-1850, Persian; WhiteworkCotton padded and quilted with silk in running stitch, bound with woven wool; whitework.
Displayed behind glass.
Four curving triangular panels of white cotton joined together to form a pointed hat. There is a border of joined diamonds along the three sides of each panel. Within this there is a pattern of bands at the bottom of each panel with everything worked in white silk:
[1] impossible to see the design
[2] zigzag line
[3] left bending boetehs
[4] as [2]
[5] as [1]
The remaining triangular field is filled with a fine pattern of stems and flowers.
Binding/Facing: stripe wool: red, white and blue stripes each with a decorative pattern.