Cape

Museum number:
7-7205
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2066 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Evening cape. Silk. Corded weave, embroidered; lace, chiffon trim; macramé knotted fringe; satin lining. Grey, cream lining. 25.5 long in front. “P. Contzen, 16 Rue Richelieu”. Silk lining deteriorated.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Paris, Ile-De-France, Île-de-France
Verbatim coll. place:
FRANCE: Paris
Culture or time period:
European
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Capes (outerwear) and Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
width 45 inches and length 45 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cape, accession number 7-7205, described as Evening cape. Silk. Corded weave, embroidered; lace, chiffon trim; macramé knotted fringe; satin lining. Grey, cream lining. 25.5 long in front. “P. Contzen, 16 Rue Richelieu”. Silk lining deteriorated.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cape, accession number 7-7205, described as Evening cape. Silk. Corded weave, embroidered; lace, chiffon trim; macramé knotted fringe; satin lining. Grey, cream lining. 25.5 long in front. “P. Contzen, 16 Rue Richelieu”. Silk lining deteriorated.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cape, accession number 7-7205, described as Evening cape. Silk. Corded weave, embroidered; lace, chiffon trim; macramé knotted fringe; satin lining. Grey, cream lining. 25.5 long in front. “P. Contzen, 16 Rue Richelieu”. Silk lining deteriorated.

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