Coif with Elizabethan embroidery
Ladies' linen
coif embroidered with Elizabethan embroidery, lined with small
sewn lace. Coifs of this type were especially popular during the
16th and early 17th centuries. Fine embroidery with floral
motifs is freely inspired by the coifs deposited in Victoria and
Albert Museum or the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Material: linen cloth, lurex gold and silver threads, silk
stained threads
Photo: Přemek Polášek
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