Cape
- Object Name:
- Cape
- Creator:
- Unidentified
- Date:
- circa1850
- Dimensions:
- W-76 L-95 inches
- Description:
- This is a padded understructure of black silk over which is applied black netting. It is quite full with elaborate net lace at the bottom in two tiers. There is ruffled netting at the neck. 2 1/2" bands of black satin ribbon come out from the neckline in a spokelike pattern between which is bead decoration. A 4" wide satin ribbon is fastened into a series of bows and forms a yoke in the front and back, ending in long streamers in the front and back.
- Subjects:
- Capes (Clothing), Clothing dress, Women, Textiles
- Collection Name:
- Textile
- Item Number:
- 1981.04.04
- Accession Number:
- 1981.04.17
- Type of Material:
- Objects
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- Participating Organization:
- New London Historical Society
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