Cape
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Doll's cape of off-white cotton flannel woven with thick vertical blue stripes and narrower broken vertical and horizontal blue stripes; trimmed with dark blue and navy silk ribbons. Made in the form of three-quarters of a circle with neck cutout. Neck edge has tightly knife-pleated navy ribbon as a ruffle, with a bow at center front. Dark blue ribbon is sewn around edges of cape and in stripes radiating out from neck, each of which ends in a bow. Metal eye remains at neck but hook is missing. Hems are sewn by machine, but ribbons are applied by hand.
2026.16.014.3
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Doll Clothes
Doll
Cape
Female
Flannel
Cotton
White
Blue
Satin
Silk
Navy
Blue
1890 - 1910
19th Century
20th Century
17-1/2 in
8-1/2 in
19-1/2 in
Diameter is measured with cape lying flat; others are when folded as for wear
Griffin, Irene Drury