[MR] Research Resource: For the Atlantian Knitters

[Marie Stewart]

>From the Museum of London via MEDTC.   <fangirl SQUEEEE>  Happy Hunting:
Bridgette

> I’m pleased to announce that the knitted 16th century cap
> collection ofthe Museum of London is now online. The
> 73 caps, coifs, cap fragments, linings and earpieces have been newly
> photographed, with captions containing contextual and technical
> information. All the pieces will have their full captions in the
> next two weeks.
>
> The caps and their parts are of a large group of material
> excavated from sites around London by workmen in the early 20th
> century. They represent an insight into everyday urban
> clothing and a high level of technical skill in their knitted,
> fulled and napped construction. Caps of this style are in collections
> across Europe and North America and are the focus of a lot of research
> interest, so we are pleased to make a large group available to
> the wider research community.
>
> To browse the caps, please go to the Collections Online
> site and enter ‘cap’ in the Keyword field with the date range
> 1500-1600 in the search fields.
>
> Many thanks to all the researchers who
> have contributed to this project, especially
> Jane Malcolm-Davies of The Tudor Tailor.
>
> Do please pass this on to anyone who may be
> interested, and feel free to contact me
> if you have any questions.
>
> With best wishes,
>
> Hilary

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