Item 105336 - Leavitt family winter cape, Eastport, ca. 1810

Item 105336 - Leavitt family winter cape, Eastport, ca. 1810
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Item 105336
Leavitt family winter cape, Eastport, ca. 1810
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Likely made in England, this chartreuse or lime green silk cape is lined with pink glazed cotton. Stuffed with cotton wadding for warmth, it features a high standing collar lined with a quilted pink silk fabric. The attached hood is decorative, but a matching quilted bonnet provided fashionable warmth along the windy shores of Eastport. Extending to about mid-thigh, the cape was worn over the era’s slender and lightweight styles.

It is associated with the Leavitt family of Eastport.

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