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A muslin double cape

Second quarter 19th century
Object PlaceIndia
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain-weave with cotton embroidery and cotton binding tape
Dimensions59.5 x 88 cm (23 7/16 x 34 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number52.1388
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceTransferred from Asiatic Dept. to Textiles.
Late 19th century
A guimpe
mid-19th century
Cape or bertha
second quarter of 19th century
Woman's underdress
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
early 19th century
Dinner dress
about 1840
Group shot: 37.368-9
18th century