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Vocabulary of Basic Terms for Cataloguing Costume
ICOM International Committee for the Museums and Collections of Costume

Infants' Garments

Outerwear

2.1 Unshaped textile
Bearing Cloth
Shawl
Bed-Cloth folded to enclose whole or part of body, tied or sewn to make enclosure
2.2 Covering body above and below waist without shaping for arms
Cloak
with shaping for arms
Coat
2.3 Covering body above waist without shaping for arms
Cape
with shaping for arms
Jacket
2.4 Covering body above and below or above waist with only partial shaping for arms
(see: Women's Garments)
Mantle
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