THE ELGIN CAPE. 



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is here reproduced that the remarkable similarity may be seen: it will be noticed that 

 the semicrescents on the front border are longer in the Elgin cape and the twin cres- 

 cents are wider, but the pattern is identical. I have not examined the Elgin cape and 

 so cannot express an opinion as to its age; the Queen Emma cape was said to have been 



FIG. 23. THE ELGIN CAPE. 



FIG. 24. QUEEN EMMA CAPE. 



in her mother's family for many years, and it certainly appears to belong to the period 

 of the best work. The general pattern was certainly a favorite one although I do not 

 know of two so closely alike as those before us. The measurements of the Queen Emma 

 cape are 32 inches in breadth, 15 inches depth behind, 8 inches in front. The Elgin 

 cape probably nearly conforms to these. 



