Fig Leaf Patterns® 111: Cape with Hood, late 18th c-early 19th c (formerly Fig 232)
Hooded Cape, Cape, Mantle, Cardinal, Cloak are all names in use for a outerwear garment that usually is semi-circular and without sleeves, although there seem to be more variations than there are hard fast rules as to what makes a cape a cape, depending on the country and the century. This one is not semi-circular but a rectangle with curved edges.
Very little is known about this provenance of this garment. It is featured in DAR Museum’s exhibit “An Agreeable Tyrant”: Fashion After the Revolution.
FIT:
One size fits many.
FABRIC:
The original fabrics are a tightly woven woolen plain weave and a napped twill weave wool lining. Both are a camel color. Patches are made from a blue striped fabric. Trim is a brown cotton velvet.
Exterior Wool Fabric amount 2 1/3 yards. Lining 2 1/3 yards. Velvet 2/3.