Digital Collections

Mantle

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely hand-stitched semi-circular mantle or cape made of rich chocolate-colored silk velvet. Shaped to shoulders and the same length all around; no collar. Line with hand-quilted (diagonal lines) chocolate-colored silk taffeta with a silk tab at the midpoint inside the front edges (speculated to be used to grab). Edges are finished with double silk piping around the neck. 3 hooks / eyes closures at the top, above the tabs, and in-between.

G2005.134

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Female

Historic Costume

Cape

Female

Velvet

Silk

Taffeta

Red

Orange

Brown

1850 - 1860

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