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Cape

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1900-1910

GUSN

GUSN-11522

Description

Faded gray-green wool flannel; 3/4 length; pointed hood with silk tassels at forehead and point; drawstring at neck with silk cord threaded through hood lined with gray silk; broken silk loop above label.

Details

Descriptive Terms

capes (outerwear)
flannel
silk (textile)
wool (textile)
Cape
Cape

Inscription

Woven label; silk yellow/ gold letters on white, in collar: ""The LIBERTY Room/ R.H. STEARNS & COMPANY""

Additional Identification Number

92-110
WHS 339

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Weston Historical Society

Accession Number

1993.217

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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