Cape
Category
Costume
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Wool twill, silk, wool interlining, silk thread embroidery, knotted silk fringe.
Measurements
1020 x 1140 mm
Place of origin
Northern Ireland
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Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604682
Summary
A woman's cape made from black wool twill. The cape is decorated across the main ground with black silk thread embroidery in a floral pattern, with a black knotted silk fringe on the edge of the shawl collar and the lower hem. It has a wool interlining, covered with plain weave black silk and fastens centre front with a repurposed black cotton shoelace, not original.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs Blair via Miss E. Clann (1985).