Historic Clothing Collection

Wide crinolines restricted outerwear to wraps, shawls, capes, and easy fitting garments such as a black and brown watered silk tassel trimmed cape with a similarly trimmed shoulder cape; a wide dark brown wadded coat, with an open front, gathered back waist, and voluminous matching cape trimmed with deep bands of cord knotting; a child's turquoise wool cape embroidered with a vine and trapunto-like grape border; and a heavy black wool with tab toggle closures, with a 1850s-1860s burnoose style fixed-in-place hood. A well worn men's black wool "country cape," not restricted by fashion and the survivor of long wear, features a large practical hood.