Baby's cape
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Flannel
Measurements
870 mm (length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661936
Summary
A baby's cream flannel cape. The cape has two collars one of which sits over the other. The first is small and has a frill which is decorated with self coloured embroidery, underneath this is a wider collar or over cape which has self coloured embroidered flowers at the front. This second collar has a frill also decorated with embroidery flowers. The cape underneath is long and has a row of three pin tucks towards the hem. The inside is lined with a white flannel fabric. The cape fastens with a hook and eye at the neck and a press stud below.