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DEACESSIONED June 26, 2014
Cape
French
1880s
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk; Moiré
Dimensions
84 cm (33 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Elliot F. Childs
Accession Number53.2124
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionCape; yoke and center front panels of black silk moiré; body of cape, of black satin, cut full and fingertip length; yoke and short standing collar trimmed with jet bead embroidery and ruching of balck machine-made lace; long jet bead fringe suspended from lower edge of yoke.
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Elliot F. Childs to the MFA (Accession date: September 10, 1953); June 25, 2014, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Augusta Auctions, Bellows Falls, VT.