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Collections

Boy's Cape and Dresscirca 1865

Not on view
Salmon-peach wool ensemble displayed on a hanger: a short box-pleated dress beneath a matching cape decorated with gold embroidered floral and acanthus-leaf borders
Title
Boy's Cape and Dress
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1865
Medium
Woll twill (broadcloth) with silk braid (soutache)
Dimensions
Center back length (a) Cape): 18 3/4 in. (47.63 cm) Center back length (b) Dress): 20 1/4 in. (51.44 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lillian Charlotte Bridgman
Accession Number
39.17.2a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward; Evelyn Ackerman. Dressed for the Country: 1860-1900. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.