Girl's cape
Category
Costume
Date
1850
Materials
Silk taffeta, glazed cotton twill, silk ribbon.
Measurements
400 x 1160 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602530.2
Summary
A girl's cape, part of an ensemble, made from pale green silk taffeta. The cape is decorated with a pale green ruched silk ribbon around the outer hem, otherwise untrimmed. It is fully lined in glazed cotton twill with a single hook for fastening centre front, intact.
Provenance
Gift of McDonald-Tyler
Marks and inscriptions
Inner neckline, centre back.: A handwritten marking on the inner neckline reads, "McDonald-Tyler", the donor. See associated photograph for further details.