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Woman's Capecirca 1918

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Evening cape on a mannequin, seen from behind, with a black velvet yoke and a woven amber-gold body densely patterned with floral and ogival motifs in coral, rust, and black, above a crimson pleated skirt

Unknown, Woman's Cape, circa 1918, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Robert M. L. Baker, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman's Cape
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1918
Medium
Silk cut and voided velvet, painted, with metallic-thread supplementary weft patterning (lamé), with silk velvet and metallic-thread tassels
Dimensions
Center back length: 45 3/4 in. (116.21 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Robert M. L. Baker
Accession Number
M.85.319.4
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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