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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1957.7.2 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name cape, mantle, summer Description Summer mantle of white cotton with a border of thin cotton tape tacked by hand into a floral design. Trimmed all around with a frill. Constructed from a square of fabric - one corner has been cut off and re-attached to create a second layer over the shoulders. This seam is a drawstring that fastens at the front with ties - this shapes it over the shoulders. Circa 1870. Production date 1870 Production period Victorian Material textile, textile Dimensions centre back, full length: 1223.00 mm Location In Store Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:1957.7.2
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

cape, mantle, summer
Description

Summer mantle of white cotton with a border of thin cotton tape tacked by hand into a floral design. Trimmed all around with a frill. Constructed from a square of fabric - one corner has been cut off and re-attached to create a second layer over the shoulders. This seam is a drawstring that fastens at the front with ties - this shapes it over the shoulders. Circa 1870.
Production date

1870
Production period

Victorian
Material

textile, textile
Dimensions
Location

In Store

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