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Jean Charles Worth
Woman's Cape1925

Not on view
Full-length evening cape in sheer black fabric embroidered with gold and silver metallic Art Deco motifs, displayed on a black mannequin over a velvet gown
Designer
Jean Charles Worth
France, active 1920-1936
Design House
Worth
France, Paris, founded 1858
Textile designed by
Jean Dunand
Switzerland, active France, 1877 - 1942
Manufacturer
Bianchini Férier
France, Lyons, 1889-1964
Title
Woman's Cape
Place Made
France, Paris
Date Made
1925
Medium
Silk satin with metallic-thread warp patterning and metallic-thread and silk satin (lamé)
Dimensions
Center back length: 44 1/2 in. (113.03 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Pasadena Playhouse
Accession Number
63.40
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography

  • Rado, Mei Mei. "Fabric of Light, Surface of Displacement: Lamé and Its Shine in Early Twentieth -Century French Fashion," in Materials, Practices, and Politics of Shine in Modern Art and Popular Culture, edited by Antje Krause-Wahl, Petra Loffler, and Anne Soll. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.