Yellow Floral Embroidered Cap, Amaltas

Sprays of small yellow blossoms hand-embroidered down the crown of a charcoal acid-wash denim cap, falling the way amaltas falls off a branch in May.

Each flower is a cluster of detached chain-stitch petals with a rust-orange French knot at the centre. The stems are worked in green chain stitch, with small pointed leaves budding off them. Between the open blooms sit closed buds, so the spray reads as a real one rather than a repeated motif.

The sprays run straight over the panel seams. That is the part a machine cannot do on a finished cap — the hoop has to come off and the needle has to cross the join by hand, which is why the flowers flow across the front instead of stopping at each seam.

Details

• Charcoal acid-wash denim, six panel with a curved peak
• Yellow blossom sprays hand-embroidered across the crown and front panels
• Detached chain petals, French-knot centres, chain-stitch stems
• Adjustable back, one size fits most
• Hand-embroidered by our artisans in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh

Care

Hand wash cold. Do not wring the embroidered panels. Air dry out of direct sun. Iron on the reverse only and keep the plate off the stitches.