Silk-embroidered ivory silk taffeta. Triangular shape, bordered on two short sides with knotted fringe; near long side, a tapered band of same taffeta sewn to cape along one edge, its other edge, scalloped and fringed, hangs free. Garlands of blossoms with heatshaped petals and pointed leaves,...
Provenance
Worn in Peru by Mrs. Cecil Caverly of Lowell.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Ruth Burke
Chinese (for the Western market), About 1854
Object Place
Spain or Peru
Accession Number
56.826
Medium or Technique
Silk; embroidery