Opera cloak
Unknown
ca. 1880 · wool, silk, feathers · Costume Institute
An opera cloak, worn in the evening, reinforces a winter wardrobe literally and figuratively. The light color asserts a winter glow; the swansdown trim buttresses wool's warmth with an edge that weather-strips in body and apparel heat. Similarly, the dress employs braid trim--in use throughout the year, but often omitted in summer to diminish weight and visible attachments--to fortify clothing's buffering.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1880
- Medium
- wool, silk, feathers
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Costume Institute
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. William Holmes, 1952
