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Cloak

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Cloak of brown silk taffeta, lightly wadded, and lined with brown polished cotton in back and yoke and with black silk taffeta in front. Very wide collar with points at shoulders, bound with self-fabric cut on the bias along the edges. Wide, rounded yoke is piped along edges. Body is knife-pleated to yoke with pleats that point toward center back. Center front closure with hooks and eyes on yoke only. Hand sewn.

G94.048

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Female

Outerwear

Historic Costume

Cloak

Female

Taffeta

Silk

Glazed Cotton

Taffeta

Brown

1830 - 1845

19th Century

Early 19th Century

Mid 19th Century

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