Collections record Beta

Cape or Cloak

1975-11-2

Turkey red unlined wool cape or cloak; hooded and white a collar; linen ribbon binding around hem of hood and collar opening; also at seam joining hood and collar with body of cape; hook and eye closing at neck; hood back has been gathered into small pleats which form a kind of starburst - might be constructed to cover a calash or bonnet of some sort; collar comes to a point at the back; no yoke; cape gets fullness from eight widely separated and fairly narrow pleats; bottom has been hemmed; the body is constructed in three strips which gives it a bell shaped form; the top strip is horizontal in front but is sharply diagonal in back ending at the hem

Unclear whether a man or woman's cloak/cape Worn by member of Deming family

late 18th/early 19th century

• wool