Evening cape
Brand
Paquin
(French, 1891 - 1956)
1897
Pink silk chiffon and metal sequins
Museum purchase
Object numberP83.19.7
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.
DescriptionEvening cape in pink silk chiffon; curved hem, wide stiffened collar with beading underneath; pleated tiers of sequined ruffles edged with ruchingCollections
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