Black wool mantle silk lining inside hood

A mantle or short cloak made of black wool broadcloth. The pattern is taken from Linda Baumgarten's Costume Close-up, pgs. 50-53, and dates to 1760-1775. The hood and neckband are lined with a soft thin cream silk.

 

For more on this project, please visit our blog, A Fashionable Frolick, at fashionablefrolick.blogspot.com/2010/12/threaded-bliss.html

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