Baby's cap

Description

Baby's cap of fine white linen embroidered in white Ayrshire needlework with small forget-me-nots and openwork panels, five draw cords in chanels and edged in lace: Scottish, probably Ayrshire, c. 1840 - 1850

Museum reference

K.1997.484

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Baby's cap

Production information

Ayrshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1840 - 1850

Materials

Linen, Lace

Physical description

Linen, white; lace edging; embroidered in white; Ayrshire needlework

Associations

Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection

Exhibitions

• Scotland Creates: National Museum of Scotland
  National Museum of Scotland

• Scotland Creates: Dick Institute (25 May 2013 - 07 Sep 2013)
  Dick Institute

Credit

Given from the collection of the late M. Richmond Inglis Cochrane, the gift of his younger son through the Art Fund