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Feather cape

mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueLinen and feathers
DimensionsOverall: 66 x 142.2 cm (26 x 56 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Carrie W. Dixey
Accession number20.806
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1920, gift of Caroline (Carrie) W. Dixey (b. about 1839 - d. 1922), Weymouth, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 3, 1920)
Woman's hat
late 18th century
Tunic
A.D. 400–800
Rigid fan (pien mien) (one of a pair)
second half of the 19th century
Rigid fan (pien mien) (one of a pair)
second half of the 19th century
Muff
Late 18th–early 19th century
Panel
Probably A.D. 1000–1476
Bride's bonnet
about 1840
Hat
W. C. Keen
about 1915