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Child's Double Cape

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1860-1870

GUSN

GUSN-15059

Description

White; pique-diamond pattern; A= long cape-plain; three covered buttons and three loop closures; darts at shoulder; B= shorter cape-deep ruffle of eyelet openwork; rope cording at neckline; Broderic Anglaise.

Details

Descriptive Terms

capes (outerwear)
cotton (textile)
embroidering
piqué
Cape
Cape

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5832AB

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