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Magda Polivanov, designer

cape (outerwear), ca. 1940

Description

Maker

  • Magda Polivanov, 1909-1985, American (b. Russia), designer

Title

cape (outerwear)

Year

ca. 1940

Medium

cotton

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • cotton

Dimensions

111.8 cm (44 inches) (center back length)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Gift of Pauline Metcalf and Esther E. M. Mauran

Object Number

1987.090

Projects & Publications

Publications

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is cape (outerwear) with the accession number of 1987.090. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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