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Child's Coat and Cape

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1870-1880

GUSN

GUSN-15048

Description

Plum; coat (A) and cape (B) with plum soutache on the collar, center front, cuffs, and edges of cape. Coat has yoke, vertical tucks front and back, wool interlining; lined with plum silk. Cape has no interlining; same plum lining as coat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

coats (garments)
capes (outerwear)
silk (textile)
wool (textile)
Coat
Coat

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5679AB

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