Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c27.15

c27.15

The only embroidered caps met with, are those known as ispayya (Pl. XXX., 3). These are Caps the “Countrey Caps” described by Knox as resembling mitres (p. 34, above). The flaps are thinly quilted, and the cap finely embroidered in coloured silks. There is one of these caps in the Kandy Museum; the one illustrated was lent by Mr. T. B. Keppiṭipola.