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Collections

Man’s At-home Cap1725-1750

Not on view
Three small silk embroidered caps — one blue, one green, one cream — each dome-shaped with floral and foliate motifs in metallic and colored threads, displayed on a light gray background

Unknown, Man’s At-home Cap, 1725-1750 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Man’s At-home Cap
Place Made
Switzerland
Date Made
1725-1750
Medium
Silk plain weave with silk and metallic-thread embroidery and metallic-thread lace trim
Dimensions
Overall: 8 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (22.225 x 23.495 x 21.2725 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.81.97.12
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.