LADIES CLOAKS AND CAPES FULL

1770-1800 “Red wool broadcloth cloak (called a 'cardinal') with red wool shag trimming around the front edge and around the slits for the arms. Connecticut Historical Society 1981.37.1, American (originally owned by Deborah Champion), c.1770 “The red broadcloth cut shorter and curved at the back, lengthening at the front, a horizontal join seam the large hood with radiating fan type pleating to the back, inside lined with scarlet sik, similar edging to the hood and front of the cloak … The silk hood tapes for tieing are missing but evidence of them.” Meg Andrews 8662 (now Colonial Williamsburg 2018-4), rare short cloak, c.Met C.I.69.4, red wool hooded cape, last third of the 18th century.Historic New England 1992.683, a red wool cape with imitation red fur trim, c.Historic New England 1988.500, red wool Shaker cape trimmed with linen passementerie with brown silk chenille, c.Lined with new dull red silk and has drawstring around front edge to shir hood in around face.”

LADIES CLOAKS AND CAPES FULL

Fullness is gathered in full pleats into center of crown of hood. 1750-1810 “Scarlet wool circular cloak of 54' material attached hood of same material with center back seam. Colonial Williamsburg 1953-968, red hooded woman’s cloak, England, c.Cloak would have fastened with ribbed silk ties as neck closures fastened to either side of the cloak opening just below the hood.” Binding of silk taffeta ribbon running along the outside of hood and cloak opening. 1750-1800 “Women’s hooded cloak of wool, tabby weave, dyed Turkey-red, often called a 'cardinal' due to its color. The cloak is fastened at the neck with a large steel eye and a brass hook.”Ĭolonial Williamsburg 1956-3, Great Britain or New England, c. The front edges of the cloak are faced with narrow strips of white silk. The cloak's edges are left unhemmed, while hood front edge is lined with red corded piping.

A hood, lined with white silk, is sewn to the cloak's neckline above both collar and mantelet. 1750-1770 “A woman's cloak of tightly fulled scarlet wool with a collar above an attached shaped mantelet (collar extension).

Monmouth County Historical Association 3356, possibly made in New Jersey, c.

An additional double capelet is sewn along the neckline and edged with narrow red binding.” A fold-over simple collar is attached to the neckline and trimmed with narrow red cording. The front edges are bound with narrow red cording, while the bottom edge is left unhemmed. The cloak is cut on the half-circle and seamed up the back. 1754-1757 “A woman's cloak of tightly fulled bright scarlet wool.

Monmouth County Historical Association 1998.578, made in New Jersey c.

In 1748, Pehr Kalm remarked that “When the English women in the country are going out to pay their compliments to each other, they commonly wear a red cloak.” Pages elsewhere on this site focus on specific styles of cloaks, including capuchins, mantelets, pelisses, short cloaks, and men’s cloaks. The Annals of Philadelphia mentions that “Ladies formerly wore cloaks as their chief overcoats they were used with some changes of form under the successive names of roquelaus, capuchins, and cardinals.” “Cloathing For Poor Women: Cloaks” in Instructions for cutting out apparel for the poor (1789) Kannik’s Korner patterns for cloaks for women and girls Reconstructing History pattern Mill Farm's Diagrams for a Woman's Long and Short Cloak What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal Americaįashion: A History from the 18th to the 20th CenturyĮighteenth-Century Clothing at Williamsburg The Fashionable Past: 18th Century Short Cloak – A Tutorial!ĭress diaries: Fashion Through History, Antique Sewist, Jenny La FleurĬostume Close Up: Clothing Construction and Pattern, 1750-1790 Cloaks, Mantles & Mitts (18CNewEnglandLife)

Ladies cloaks and capes