Woman's Taffeta Cape

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Taffeta Cape

Entry/Object ID

CW 4568

Description

Cape. Woman's cape; black taffeta; waist-length; circular pleated double ruffle at neck. Unknown date. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

unknown

Material

Taffeta

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hamer, Miss Adell M.; Evelyn Merrill Morgan (1841-1916) and Willis E. Morgan

Provenance

Notes

Clarkson-Watson Collection Shawl was worn by Mrs. Evelyn Merrill Morgan (1841-1916), Hopkinton, New Hampshire, a great aunt of the donor. Donor was the niece of Mrs. Morgan's son, Willis E. Morgan, 1955 Bridge Street, Philadelphia, who died in 1950.