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Mantle

ca. 1873 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mantle of black patterned silk with applied decoration and beadwork. Trimmed with machine-made black lace. Cut high at the neck, straight in the front with long broad pendants and short square sleeves. The back is shaped with four tabs. The silk pattern is in rows of radiating devices. The beadwork in S-shaped foliated stems is down the front, across the back, and on the tabs and pendants. There are long tassels. The lace is in imitation of black Chantilly. Lined with satin.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk, applied, beadwork, trimmed with lace, lined with satin
Brief description
Mantle of silk and beadwork, trimmed with lace, retailed by Dickins & Jones, England, ca. 1873
Physical description
Mantle of black patterned silk with applied decoration and beadwork. Trimmed with machine-made black lace. Cut high at the neck, straight in the front with long broad pendants and short square sleeves. The back is shaped with four tabs. The silk pattern is in rows of radiating devices. The beadwork in S-shaped foliated stems is down the front, across the back, and on the tabs and pendants. There are long tassels. The lace is in imitation of black Chantilly. Lined with satin.
Dimensions
  • Back length: 26.5in
  • Pendant with lace length: 45in
  • Sleeves width: 49in
Marks and inscriptions
Dickins & Jones, Cloak, Mantle and Jacket Warehouse, 232 Regent St London W. (marked)
Credit line
Given by the Hon. Marchioness of Bristol
Collection
Accession number
T.108-1931

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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