Lady's Cape

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Lady's Cape

Entry/Object ID

CW 615

Description

Cape (Faldetta). Lady's cape; hooded; full-length reversible taffeta; blue-lined with rose scalloped edges. Excellent condition. Circa 1850. Worn by Lavinia Rittenhouse (1825-1859) who was married to Thomas Henderson. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1850

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Provenance

Notes

Worn by the donor's ancestor, Lavinia Rittenhouse (1825-1859), who was married to Thomas Henderson. A Faldetta is a hooded cape originally worn by Maltese women.