Lady's Cape

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Lady's Cape

Entry/Object ID

CW 616

Description

Cape. Lady's short black velvet cape with collar; satin piped on edges. Fair 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 Lavinia Rittenhouse (1825-1859) who was married to Thomas Henderson.