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1750-1820
GUSN-11461
A hand-sewn wool, female adult sized red cape with imitation red fur trim. It is ankle length with a collar and hood trimmed down the front edges and around the hand holds. The front and neck edges are lined in scraps of silk and fine cotton. A red ribbon is fastened at the neck for closing.
cloaks
cotton (textile)
fur
hand sewing
linsey-woolsey
silk (textile)
wool (textile)
weaving
Cloak
Cloak
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
53 (H) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.683
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