Doll's cape
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1890 - circa 1910
Materials
Silk and lace
Measurements
440 mm (length)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 658067
Summary
A doll's cream wool christening cape (circa 1890 to circa 1915) incorporating a shoulder cape embroidered with cream leaves and flowers and trimmed with cream lace. The shoulder cape is also embroidered and trimmed with lace. It is lined with cream silk and has a scalloped edge. The whole fastens at the front with two picot edged ribbon ties. There is evidence of insect damage on the reverse and the silk lining to the shoulder cape is shattered.