Shawl

Unknown

ca. 1840 · silk · Costume Institute

This shows a very effective use of changeante silk which would constantly shimmer and change color with each movement of the wearer. This type of subdued color was popular in the 1840s.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1840

Medium

silk

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of M. Smyth, 1957