Cape
- Object Name:
- Cape
- Object ID:
- 1999.041.04
- Creator:
- Yeaton, Ethel. F. Otis
- Place of Origin:
- Deering, NH
- Date:
- 1918
- Description:
- Cape, for girl's coat. Cream color linen or cotton, fluted weave, cream color embroidery. Floral and bow embroidery, and embroidered scalloped edge. (fabric matches coats, 1999.41.1-2)
- Material:
- Textile
- Provenance:
- This cape is part of a set of identical outfits, made for 3-year-old twins Hazel and Bertha Yeaton (b. 1915, Deering, NH) by their mother Ethel F. Otis Yeaton. Ethel's family was from New Bedford, MA. Ethel married Mr. Yeaton in 1914. Mr. Yeaton died in 1915, before the birth of his twin daughters. Photograph shows one of the donors wearing this cape, c. 1918, at age 3.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Hazel and Bertha Yeaton
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