SPNEA 1923.776, “blue wool and silk men’s full length cape with brown velvet collar; wool lined opening for arms; cartridge pleats”
CW 1956-213,1, New England, c. 1775-1790; “Cloak with cape collar constructed of red heavy wool cloth woven in tabby weave, fulled (deliberately shrunk), napped, and shorn. Cloak is cut circular and very full; the neck, slightly gathered, is finished with a 8 7/8" deep cape and two 5" wide rolled collars (all with cut and unfinished edges), held closed with three large black hooks and eyes (later replacements). Sewn with silk thread. Thread remnants around cape, collar, and front edges suggest that cloak once was finished or bound with an edging.”
HU4001 (front and back), the cloak of General Artemas Ward, late 18th century
