Pelerine
Category
Costume
Date
1840 - 1850
Materials
Feather, canvas, down.
Measurements
720 x 600 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603879
Summary
A woman's feather pelerine (or shoulder cape). The pelerine has a canvas core onto which are sewn plumes of chicken, guinea-fowl, pheasant and peacock in a stylised pattern, and fully lined with tufts of swansdown An attached label reads, "Indian feather tippet from Welton Garth".
Provenance
Gift of EML, family name Leitch? Written on the back of a calling card belonging to Mis Henrietta Sophia Smith.
Marks and inscriptions
Detached, in box with tippet.: 'Indian feather tippet from Welton Garth, I think EML'. Written on the back of a calling card belonging to Mis Henrietta Sophia Smith, Norris Hill.