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111 Cape with Hood, late 18th- early 19th C
Hooded Cape, Cape, Mantle, Cardinal, Cloak are all names in use for a outerwear garment that usually is semi-circular and without sleeves, although there seem to be more variations than there are hard fast rules as to what makes a cape a cape, depending on the country and the century. This one is not semi-circular but a rectangle with curved edges. Very little is known about this provenance of this garment. It is featured in DAR Museum’s exhibit “An Agreeable Tyrant”: Fashion After the Revolution.
FIT: One size fits many.
FABRIC: The original fabrics are a tightly woven woolen plain weave and a napped twill weave wool lining. Both are a camel color. Patches are made from a blue striped fabric. Trim is a brown cotton velvet. Exterior Wool Fabric amount 2 1/3 yards. Lining 2 1/3 yards. Velvet 2/3.
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