Woman’s Cape with Appliquéd Floral Motifs
1894-1904
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Woman’s Cape with Appliquéd Floral Motifs
1894-1904
Physical Qualities
Wool, silk trim and lining, fur, metal hooks and eyes, 40 x 79 in. (101.6 x 200.7 cm.)
Credit Line
From the Estate of Vivien McQuiston Mitchell
Object Number
2010.62
Like furniture and decorative arts, clothing can also follow art historical trends. Short semi-circular capes, a popular form of outer wear for women at the turn of the century, provided designers with large uninterrupted surfaces for creative ornamentation. This cape in a contemporary Art Nouveau style features appliquéd flowers of the same grey-blue wool and embroidered scrolls in off-white silk threads.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2010; Estate of Vivien M. Thweatt, through the family; Estate of Vivien McQuiston Mitchell
Curator's Choice Rotation
http://www.fashion-era.com/Coats_history/cloak_costume_history_3htm. Cloak fashion history 3 -Victorian and Edwardian Cloaks and Capes, 1880-1915, pp. 1-6, 9-8-2010.
Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalogue and Buyers' Guide, No. 57, Spring & Summer 1895, unabridged facsimile, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1969, pp. 292-294, similar capes.
Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalogue and Buyers' Guide, No. 57, Spring & Summer 1895, unabridged facsimile, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1969, pp. 292-294, similar capes.
