West Point Cape
Brief Item Record
Title: West Point Cape
Creator: Cadet Store
Description: Gray woolen west point cape jacket; gray wool, gold-colored buttons; west point "cape"; long coat with long sleeves, cape-like ruffle from collar to elbow, 2 sets of buttons on coat, 1 set on cape ruffle, hand sewn pocket sewn on interior, silk lining, buttons say "CADET USMA", 3 rows of black trim sewn diagonally at bottom of sleeves, chain on back of collar
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2005008
Title
West Point Cape
Description
Gray woolen west point cape jacket; gray wool, gold-colored buttons; west point "cape"; long coat with long sleeves, cape-like ruffle from collar to elbow, 2 sets of buttons on coat, 1 set on cape ruffle, hand sewn pocket sewn on interior, silk lining, buttons say "CADET USMA", 3 rows of black trim sewn diagonally at bottom of sleeves, chain on back of collar
Creator
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
47 inches (center front length), 50 inches (center back length),
Type
Physical Object
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Elizabeth Scopel, 6/25/2012
Center Front Length
47
Center Back Length
50
All Measurements
47 inches (center front length), 50 inches (center back length),
Label
Cadet Store - West Point
Worn by
Donor
Matthew D. Lampell
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Public Information
This is a regular "overcoat" - plebes (freshmen) wear it with the cape hanging down in front. All others wear it with the cape folded back at the shoulder. In parades, all wear it folded back.
Condition Term
excellent
Storage Location
HANGING
Holding Institution
Work Type
Citation
Cadet Store, “West Point Cape,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed December 3, 2023, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/2232.