Evening cape

Unknown

ca. 1920 · silk, metal · Costume Institute

The combination of printed chiffon and lamé creates a strong visual effect on this evening cape. The garment itself exemplifies the unstructured and inventive wraps of the 1910s and 1920s.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1920

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. H. Laurence Achilles, 1966