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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

Welcome to our Online Collections Database! Below you will find a searchable database showcasing images and information regarding tens of thousands of items in our online collection. Search using search terms, key words, object names, or names of historical figures to locate specific items, or, peruse at random to enjoy the breadth of collections available for view.

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Cloak

Object/Artifact

Wrap, entirely hand stitched thin silk satin. Pale greenish-gray body with pale pink hood, lined with ivory. (The images make it look more likely that the whole thing was once pink but pink and green do not usually fade in opposite directions.) Large, wide hood gathered with a ribbon in the center back attached to fitted waist-length cape with long, shaped, almost-rectangular panels in front, extending to ankles. Functional, narrow silk ribbon ties at throat, behind more decorative wide, thin satin ribbon ties.

G2006.055

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1791

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Cloak

Quaker

Wedding

Satin

Silk

Pale

Grey

Cream

Bolton, Ann

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