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Evening Cape

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-248696

Description

Black, wool evening cape with velvet lapels and buttons. Edging is fringed.

Details

Descriptive Terms

capes (outerwear)
wool (textile)
Wool
Cape

Inscription

"Loden-Frey/ Munchen/ am Dom/ Spezialhams fur/ Jagd-u Trachten / Bekleidung" (embroidered)

Associated Person

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Germany

Dimensions

37 x 46 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.976

Places

Germany

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