Preserving Fashion History in Vancouver

Society for the Museum of Original Costume - History through Fashion, Clothing and Textiles

Medici Collar on Feather Cape

Evening cape mid 1890s silk damask. Decorated with turkey feathers. Lined with quilted white satin. Damask fabric print shows meandering signs of foliage and squirrels. Cape has Medici collar and fastens at front with hooks and eyes.
Gift from Canadian Costume Society, Victoria. Original donor Isabel Knox

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