Object
Woollen yarn.
27,00 x 30,00 cm
, 500 - 599
RKM 326-1935
Purchase
Currently not on display
Description
This woollen hairnet was produced in sprang. This plaiting technique produces a flexible fabric, ideal for headcoverings to adapt to the wearer’s head. Hairnets were a very common item of clothing for women in the Late Antique period; they served to cover the hair but were also used to drape voluminous hairstyles underneath. Hairnets existed in various types, coloured woollen as well as undyed linen ones, in dense and openwork structures.