• Pale blue silk boudoir cap with ribbonwork and lace, c. 1920s, GB. The Underpinnings Museum. Photo by Tigz Rice

    Pale Blue Silk Boudoir Cap With Silk Ribbonwork & Lace Trim

    Pale Blue Silk Boudoir Cap With Silk Ribbonwork & Lace Trim Date:  c. 1920s Origin: Great Britain Fabric: Silk Brand: Custom made   A boudoir cap made of pale blue silk crêpe. The silk is gathered into a circular panel at the crown and lightly shirred to achieve its fit. It is profusely embellished with a…
    November 5, 2017
  • Chemical lace boudoir cap with ribbonwork, c. 1920s, GB, The Underpinnings Museum. Photo by Tigz Rice

    Chemical Lace Boudoir Cap With Ribbonwork

    Chemical Lace Boudoir Cap With Ribbonwork Date: c. 1920s Origin: Great Britain Fabric: Chemical lace and silk ribbon Brand: Custom made   A boudoir cap of seamed chemical guipure lace, trimmed with a narrow leavers lace. The cap is embellished with circular motifs of silk ribbonwork roses, with a length of ribbon threaded through the roses…
    November 5, 2017
  • Coral Pink Silk Velvet, Embroidered Tulle & Leavers Lace Boudoir Cap, c.1910s, GB. The Underpinnings Museum, Photo by Tigz Rice

    Coral Pink Silk Velvet, Embroidered Tulle & Leavers Lace Boudoir Cap

    Coral Pink Silk Velvet, Embroidered Tulle & Leavers Lace Boudoir Cap Date: c. 1910s Origin: Great Britain Fabric: Silk velvet, embroidered tulle, leavers lace Brand: Custom made   A boudoir cap in coral silk velvet and Schiffli embroidered cotton tulle, trimmed with a fine leavers lace and embellished with a silk satin bow at the rear…
    November 5, 2017
  • Ivory Silk Crepe & Lace Ruffle Boudoir Cap, c. 1910s, GB, The Underpinnings Museum, Photo by Tigz Rice

    Ivory Silk Crêpe & Lace Ruffle Boudoir Cap

    Ivory Silk Crêpe & Lace Ruffle Boudoir Cap Date: c.1910s Origin: Great Britain Fabric: Silk & lace Brand: Custom made   A boudoir cap in a mix of fine cotton tulle and ivory silk crêpe, intricately trimmed with bands of ruffled leavers lace, silk ribbon and ear panels of chemical guipure lace. The boudoir cap was originally…
    November 5, 2017
  • Lace, tulle and silk bow boudoir cap, c. 1910s, Au Bon Marché, France. The Underpinnings Museum, Photo by Tigz Rice

    Lace, Tulle & Lace Boudoir Cap By Au Bon Marché

    Lace, Tulle & Lace Boudoir Cap By Au Bon Marché Date: c. 1910s Origin: France Fabric: Tulle and lace Brand: Au Bon Marché   This boudoir cap has a base of delicate cotton tulle, panelled with graphically seamed leavers lace trims. A yellow silk bow trims the rear of the cap, with appliquéd silk ribbon roses forming…
    November 5, 2017
  • Yellow Silk, Lace & Ribbonwork Bow Appliqué Boudoir Cap, c. 1910s, Great Britain. The Underpinnings Museum. Photo by Tigz Rice

    Yellow Silk, Lace & Ribbonwork Bow Appliqué Boudoir Cap

    Yellow Silk, Lace & Ribbonwork Bow Appliqué Boudoir Cap Date: c.1910s Origin: Great Britain Fabric: Silk & lace Brand: Custom made   This cap is made from a gathered crown of pale yellow silk crêpe, trimmed with bands of machine lace trims. Decorative silk ribbon bows are appliquéd to the sides of the cap. A…
    November 5, 2017
  • Ivory Tulle & Lace Boudoir Cap c. 1890s, Great Britain. The Underpinnings Museum, photography by Tigz Rice

    Ivory Tulle & Lace Boudoir Cap

    Ivory Tulle & Lace Boudoir Cap Date: c.1890s Origin: Great Britain Fabric: Cotton tulle and lace Brand: Custom made   The crown of this boudoir cap is made of an incredibly fine cotton tulle, voluminously gathered into panels of machine made lace. Bands of broderie anglaise (a finely embroidered woven cotton trim) embellish the sides of the…
    November 5, 2017
  • Lace ruffle boudoir cap, c.1920s, USA. The Underpinnings Museum. Photography by Tigz Rice

    Lace Ruffle & Floral Rosette Boudoir Cap

    Lace Ruffle & Floral Rosette Boudoir Cap Date: c. 1920s Origin: United States Fabric: Embroidered tulle, lace, silk ribbon Brand: Custom made   A boudoir cap made with a base of varying weights of bobbinet tulle. The thicker of the tulles is used as a base of profuse hand embroidery that covers the majority of the…
    September 7, 2016