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Cape

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1830-1850

GUSN

GUSN-11142

Description

A shoulder cape with round neckline and a center front opening; black ties at neck fashioned from printed cotton of light brown ground with red, white and black leaf and flower sprigs and all over "dash" pattern. Hand sewn.

Details

Descriptive Terms

collars (neckwear)
capes (outerwear)
cotton (textile)
printing (process)
floral patterns
Cotton
Transfer Printed
Floral
COLLAR

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

13.5 x 28 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.472

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