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Department Store Mae & Hattie Green
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This evening cape is an excellent representation of the glamour associated with the 1930s. Although it is a French-made piece, the flowers allude to Spanish floral forms, seen in Spanish lace and embroidered shawls.
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Title: Evening cape
Department Store:
Mae & Hattie Green
Date: ca. 1935
Culture: French
Medium: silk, metal
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Hollis K. Thayer, 1958
Object Number: 2009.300.2833
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