Woman's cape with black satin material trimmed around collar, down front, and along edges with (3.75') black lace gathered in folds with bead-covered ball-like tassel accents. Long tail-like front, shorter pleated back. Cut up for under arms. Hook-and-eye closur (J. Walton)
1/29/2018 Black satin exterior and lining. Bell-shaped contour, curved shoulders flare with a gore/insert on front lower arms. These sections narrow into strips that are attached to a waist band inside the garment. Long panels (31" neck to base) form front opening. 7 hooks on inside rightfront hook inot black thread loops on left side. Neck, front opening and all lower edges. Black lace with dangling black bead globes (58) adorn edges, including collar. Braided hanger loop. Both machine and hand-sewing.
Black cotton cape. Flocked fabric with flower design. Fur-like fringe around collar, down front opening, and around bottom edges. Mandarin collar. Open at front with mismatched button closures. Originally had fabric-covered buttons, now only one remains. (J. Walton)
Fabric has raised black velvet flowers agains a light background. Back is contoured; should caps are gathered. Front panel close with buttons that slide into buttonhole-slots on the inside right front panel. Buttons are not seen on the outside of the garment. The trim covers them. Trim on sturdy woven backing is 1-inch in sections of the 4 strips of black chenille. Two 2-inch tails dangle alternately from the top and from the bottom at the end of each section. The 1 1/2-inch wide edging is hand-stitched so it covers and matched the edge of the garment. Chenille trim is sittched ( running sitich) along all eges but the left center front panel edge. Lining is a brown cotton fabric. Seams' raw edges are overcast. Two (29 1/2 & 26-inch) lengths of black satin ribbon are sewn to the back at waist level.
