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Opera cloak

Department Store Lord & Taylor American
1850s
Not on view
This opera cloak of ivory colored ribbed silk with gold metallic soutache braid embroidery, edged with silk tassels suggests North African dress in its palette and details.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Opera cloak
  • Department Store: Lord & Taylor (American, founded 1826)
  • Date: 1850s
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: silk
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Josephine Mingle Tennant, 1953
  • Object Number: C.I.53.2
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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