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Cloak
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Cloak of wool or mohair camlet in red/orange, green, yellow, black, and white tartan. Turn-down collar and capelet attach to neckline of yoke, to which body of cloak is gathered. Collar, capelet, and yoke are lined in green wool; body of cloak is mostly lined in black wool, with a large patch of rougher light green wool. Fastens at neck with two hooks and eyes. Slits for arms cut in at each side and bound with tartan.
G2003.157
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Outerwear
Historic Costume
Cloak
Female
Camlet
Wool
Mohair
Tartan
Wool
1835 - 1845
19th Century
Mid 19th Century
Early 19th Century