P83.19.7

Images (8)

Designing Women_14 Left to right: Fernande Burel, Tea Gown, Paris, circa 1900 (2003.12.1); Jeanne Paquin, Afternoon dress, Paris, circa 1902 (72.66.6); Image by Henri Gervex, "Cinq Heures Chez Paquin" (Five Hours at the House of Paquin), 1906; Jeanne Paquin, Evening Cape, Paris, 1897 (P83.19.7); Callot Soeurs Evening dress, Paris, circa 1909 (P90.2.3) and Afternoon dress, Paris, summer 1917 (86.156.1)

Designing Women_03 Left to right: Fernande Burel, Tea Gown, Paris, circa 1900 (2003.12.1); Jeanne Paquin, Afternoon dress, Paris, circa 1902 (72.66.6); Image by Henri Gervex, "Cinq Heures Chez Paquin" (Five Hours at the House of Paquin), 1906; Jeanne Paquin, Evening Cape, Paris, 1897 (P83.19.7)

Rainbow_23 Left to right P83.32.4 (hat case), 2002.28.1 (opera glasses and case, case), 2006.44.1 (stockings and shoes case), P83.19.7 (cape), 69.195.9 (dress), P91.67.1 (textile wall)

Rainbow_18 Left to right P83.32.4 (hat case), 2002.28.1 (opera glasses and case, case), 2006.44.1 (stockings and shoes case), P83.19.7 (cape), 69.195.9 (dress), P91.67.1 (textile wall), 70.65.6 (blue dress), P94.8.1 (blue striped dress), P90.77.1 (textile wall), P90.22.2 (white dress), 84.31.2B (textile wall), 2006.43.1 (purple dress)

Rainbow_22 Left to right 2002.28.1 (opera glasses and case, case), 2006.44.1 (stockings and shoes case), P83.19.7 (cape), 69.195.9 (dress)

Object: Evening cape

Brand: Paquin (French, 1891 - 1956)

Date: 1897

Medium: Pink silk chiffon and metal sequins

Country: France

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Object number: P83.19.7

DescriptionEvening cape in pink silk chiffon; curved hem, wide stiffened collar with beading underneath; pleated tiers of sequined ruffles edged with ruching

Label Text:Pink was a fashionable color for girls and women in the 19th century. In Louisa May Alcott's novel, Little Women (1868), "Amy put a blue ribbon on the boy and a pink one on the girl, French fashion, so you can always tell." Yet the pink/blue code was only firmly established after World War II.

In Collection(s)

1700s-1800s

Exhibitions:

She's like a Rainbow: Colors in Fashion
Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors
Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color