Cape

Name/Title

Cape

Entry/Object ID

2003.035.003 A,B

Description

May display well with pale blue/gray 1830's silk dress. Woman's, silk cape: (A) Silk cape with self double-ruffle bottom. Cape closes with hooks and thread eyes. Embroidered, blue, decorative buttons top the hooks. Cape is lined in white glazed cotton. (B) Apron is same blue silk with a deeper, double-ruffle bottom. Ties of apron are one, blue, twisted cord caught just at each side. Ends of cord are finished with a tassel of smaller blue cords and a shaped and covered wooden top.

Collection

Women's Clothing

Made/Created

Date made

1840 - 1860

Notes

Date: 1840-1860

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cape

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Outerwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Length

11-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Size: 4-6

Material

Silk

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

General Notes

Note

Status: Record updated Status Date: 2018-07-31