Woman's Silk Cape

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Woman's Silk Cape

Name/Title

Woman's Silk Cape

Entry/Object ID

61-194

Description

Cape. Woman's hunter-green cape; watered silk; all hand-made; three bands of applied rolled trim ,made from same material, all around; 1/2-inch hem all around; shoulders shaped in silk. Dimensions: 59 1/4-inches wide; 26-inches from neck to bottom center back; 27-inches from neck to bottom of front panel center front. Excellent condition. Date unknown. No accession record found.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1859

Place

* Untyped Place

unknown

Dimensions

Height

27 in

Width

59-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Details: Dimensions: 59 1/4-inches wide; 26-inches from neck to bottom center back; 27-inches from neck to bottom of front panel center front.

Material

Silk

Provenance

Notes

Donor: Mrs. Gertrude Russell Waters. Ocean City, Maryland. Donated 1961, catalogued 1970.