- Cloak
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Cloak
- Place of origin:
Italy (made)
- Date:
1610-1620 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Silk; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn, slashed
- Museum number:
378-1898
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
A man’s half-circular cloak made of pale blue silk (now faded), lined with yellow silk taffeta. It is embroidered with yellow silk floss and twist in a design of abstract floral sprigs and slashed between the motifs through both layers. There is a border down each front and along the hem of applied woven lace [braid] of yellow silk with embroidered.
The cloak has been altered, possibly in the process of recycling. The collar has been removed; there was probably another lining, which has been removed.
Place of Origin
Italy (made)
Date
1610-1620 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Silk; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn, slashed
Dimensions
Length: 78 cm, Width: 153.5 cm around hem approx
Descriptive line
Man's cloak, 1610-20, Italian; embroidered white (once pale blue) silk, slashed, altered
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Avril Hart and Susan North, Historical Fashion in Detail: the 17th and 18th centuries, London: V&A, 1998, p. 168
Materials
Silk (textile); Silk thread
Techniques
Hand sewing; Hand weaving; Hand embroidery
Categories
Textiles; Embroidery; Clothing; Europeana Fashion Project; Men's clothes
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
