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American

opera cape, late 1800s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

American

Title

opera cape

Year

late 1800s

Medium

wool

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wool

Dimensions

137.2 cm (54 inches) (length)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Gift of Mrs. V. Carlisle Smith

Object Number

81.285.3

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Cape-able Clothing

September 16 - December 31, 1983

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is opera cape with the accession number of 81.285.3. 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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