Evening cape

Mae & Hattie Green

ca. 1935 · silk, metal · Costume Institute

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.

Artist

Mae & Hattie Green

Date

ca. 1935

Medium

silk, metal

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

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