Dressing Cape

Shoulder cape.

Name/Title

Dressing Cape

Entry/Object ID

1973.1.12

Description

Dressing cape made of linen with woven blue stripes around the edge. The front is open at the center. The center front edges and bottom edge of the front and back have knotted fringe. The front is embroidered in blue with the initials "B G". The back is embroidered with outlines of a hair brush and a comb.

Use

Used to cover the clothing while brushing hair.

Context

Owned by a member of the Henry family of Windsor, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1973.1

Source or Donor

Henry, Stella Vitty (1888-1985)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1920

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cape, Dressing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Dressingwear & Nightwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Material

Linen

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Town

Windsor

County

Windsor County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America