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Date1880
Terms
  • Cloaks
  • Lace
Dimensions76.2 × 114.3 cm (30 × 45 in.)
Credit LineGift of Roger D. Swaim
Object numberCOS47.18
DescriptionWoman's cloak, also called a dolman. Black Spanish lace cape with ruffles of same type on edges; jabot in back which is draped; has sleeves. Dolman: a woman's cloak with cape-like pieces instead of sleeves (dictionary.com, 12/2003). Style can also be traced to (and is perhaps a derivative of) European hussar's uniforms and Turkish robes.
Collections
  • Historic Clothing
Cloak
Object number: Cos45.8
1887
coat
Object number: COS51.7.1
1850
Cloak or Dolman
Object number: COS56.2
1889
Evening Coat
Object number: Cos45.6
Worth
ca. 1885
cloak
Object number: Cos70.6.1
ca. 1790
cape
Object number: Cos70.6.2
ca. 1790
cape
Object number: COS78.6
ca. 1890
military uniform cape
Object number: COS71.15
1914-1918
Object number: COS47.22
1889-1890
dress
Object number: COS50.32.1
ca. 1865
dress
Object number: 2007.55.1
The Gray Shop Inc./ Boston
Mid 1900s