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Brocade coat


Theater or fancy dress?
European?
Medium/Technique Silk satin and gilt metal wrapped thread with gold-colored metal strips brocade, silk and gold-colored metallic woven trim, silk and metallic braided cord, and silk damask and cotton plain weave lining
Dimensions 154 x 148 cm (60 5/8 x 58 1/4 in.)
Credit Line The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.746
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLarge open T-shaped coat made of turquoise blue silk satin brocaded with gold weft yarns in Renaissance palmette pattern. Small tag says "Blue and gold Venetian lower cape". Possibly theater or fancy dress?