Cape
- Object Name:
- Cape
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.253
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Cape, woman's. White silk faille cape, fitted at shoulders, with tan braid and flat glass beads down fronts and around sides of bottom and down back panel, edged at neck and down fronts and around bottom with lambs wool fringe. White satin quilted lining.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Satin
Wool - Provenance:
- Collected by the donor's sister, Marion L. Cass (1894-1963). Miss Cass developed the collection around a core of the personal possessions of her mother, Lillie M. (Wilson) Cass (1867-1951) and added objects passed down in neighboring Haverhill, NH, families. Later, while living and working in Littleton, NH, she devoted her spare time to expanding her collection, eventually representing over a century of changes in clothing and accessory styles.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Merwin P. Cass
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