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Cloak

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Baby's cloak of ivory cotton, interlined with something thin. Outer layer is embroidered with little tufts of off-white wool, and edges are crocheted with scalloped edging (outermost row on edging is crocheted from off-white silk). One corner is rounded off and has a drawstring channel made of an ivory cotton twill tape stitched partially across interior on diagonal, filled with a drawstring of ribbon, to form hood for baby.

2026.16.011

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Infant

Historic Costume

Cloak

Unisex

Muslin

Cotton

Ivory

1890 - 1896

19th Century

34-1/4 in

34-1/4 in

48 in

Griffin, Irene Drury

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