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Department Store Manby French
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The over the top shapes of Belle Époque fashion are well represented within this cape. The sleeves are cut like circular skirts while the large ornamentation along the front further enhances the voluminous feel of the fine expansive broadcloth.
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Title: Evening coat
Department Store:
Manby (French)
Date: 1895–99
Culture: French
Medium: wool, silk
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Lillian E. Glenn Peirce in memory of Mrs. Luther G. Tillotson, 1944
Object Number: 2009.300.111
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