Evening cape
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.
Artwork Details
- 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
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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