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Although only worn in the privacy of home, it is a luxurious garment. \r\n\r\nCovering the head for both men and women was an important sartorial custom in Western Europe up until 1960s. From a health perspective, head coverings were considered necessary to protect against chills and disease.  In literature and paintings, to be bareheaded often signified emotional distress or even insanity.\r\n\r\nThe use of the adjective 'night' in describing various types of informal garments, as in night cap or night gown, is sometimes confusing.  It refers to 'night clothes', that is, informal clothing worn in the evening, after the formal public attire of the day, rather than to garments that were actually worn in bed.","physicalDescription":"Man's cap of embroidered linen with silver and silver-gilt thread in double ladder, interlaced, detached buttonhole and plaited braid stitches. Design of coiling gold stems with flowers and insects in gold and silver. 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