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Cape
American
1850s
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave (taffeta) and net, with silk velvet ribbon
Dimensions
Overall: 87.3 x 134.6 cm (34 3/8 x 53 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Quincy W. Wales
Accession Number50.3220
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionShort cape with yoke of black taffeta; trimming of yoke and gathered skirt of cape made of broad bands of black net trimmed with narrow black velvet ribbon, some arranged in horizontal stripes and some in cross-bars; yoke and lower edge of skirt also trimmed with black silk fringe.
ProvenanceGift to the MFA, 1950