Baby's cape
Category
Costume
Date
1860 - 1900
Materials
Cashmere, silk, sheep wool, silk satin, mother-of-pearl.
Measurements
500 x 580 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604136
Summary
A baby's cape made from cream cashmere. The cape has a wide shawl collar, which is trimmed on the edges with Mongolian lamb and is fully lined in cream silk. The cape is also fully lined in cream silk, with four cream silk satin ties centre front, one broken and a single mother-of-pearl button and corresponding embroidered buttonhole on the neck for fastening, intact.