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Cape

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1800-1825

GUSN

GUSN-1232

Description

Cream with cream silk lining; double collar; trimmed with looped fringe; two tassle ties at neck; same fringe along front and hem.

Details

Descriptive Terms

capes (outerwear)
kidskin
Cape
Cape

Inscription

Stamped on back of wider collar: ""CROSS & WILSON MANUFACTURERS--REAL WOODSTOCK GLOVES"" Handwritten note pinned to longer collar: ""Small kid cloak--A.B.B.""

Maker

Cross & Wilson Manufacturers (Maker)

Credit Line

Gift of John M. Woolsey, Jr.

Accession Number

1991.16

Places

Connecticut (United States)
Vermont (United States)

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