Green Wool Cape
Brief Item Record
Title: Green Wool Cape
Creator: Thomas Tryon
Date: 1918
Description: A loden green wool cape with an ankle-legth a-line silhouette. Convertible collar with an oval shape tab with two buttons that can be moved to close across the collar. Has two armholes inside (which can be closed) and two pockets. Can be closed at the center front, with tan interior.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2015022
Title
Green Wool Cape
Description
A loden green wool cape with an ankle-legth a-line silhouette. Convertible collar with an oval shape tab with two buttons that can be moved to close across the collar. Has two armholes inside (which can be closed) and two pockets. Can be closed at the center front, with tan interior.
Creator
Date
1918
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
48.25 inches (center front length), 51.75 inches (center back length), 120.75 inches (hem circumference),
Medium
Type
Physical Object
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Camilla Meeker 2020-09-24
Color Main
Color Secondary
Technique
Dress Type
Closure
Closure Placement
Collar
Length
Center Front Length
48.25
Center Back Length
51.75
Hem Circumference
120.75
All Measurements
48.25 inches (center front length), 51.75 inches (center back length), 120.75 inches (hem circumference),
Worn by
Donor
Nancie S. Coan '45
Date Earliest
1918
Date Latest
1918
Culture
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Life Stages
Public Information
This cape was carried initially from Hartford, CT over the Pacific to Japan, then India, and eventually to the rest of the world.
Condition Term
very good
Condition Description
Wearing on the interior, very minor holes. Ribbon fraying near bottom center back. Hem beginning to detach.
Storage Location
Hanging
Holding Institution
Work Type
Citation
Thomas Tryon, “Green Wool Cape,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed October 9, 2024, http://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/5967.