About the Artwork
Man's Smoking Cap
c. 1870/1880
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French
French
Silk and gold thread. embroidered.
5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm) Height 7 in. (17.8 cm) Diameter
Costume Accessories
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Edith Malcolm White and Ruth Gordon White
54.94
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Markings
On lining: Stamped in gold "CHAPELLERIE PARISIENNE".
Provenance
Said to have belonged to James Lenox (1800-1880), founder of the Lenox Library, New York
or to his brother, Robert Lenox, the ancestor of Mrs. Eliza Lenox (Maitland) Dwight (1848-1922), of Morristown, New Jersey, who gave the cap to the Donors.
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French, Man's Smoking Cap, c. 1870/1880, Silk and gold thread. Embroidered.. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Edith Malcolm White and Ruth Gordon White, 54.94.
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