Cape
1936 (designed)
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| Place of origin |
Cape of shaded ribbon silk.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, cupramonimmiun rayon. |
| Brief description | Cape of ribboned silk, designed by Charles James, made in the United States, 1936 |
| Physical description | Cape of shaded ribbon silk. |
| Credit line | Given by Cecil Beaton |
| Object history | Charles James used leftover millinery silk made by the manufacturer Colcombet to make this cape. Based in Saint-Etienne, near Lyon in France, Colcombet produced high quality millinery ribbon. |
| Bibliographic reference | Timothy A. Long, Charles James: Designer in Detail, (V&A: London) 2015, pp. 76-78
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.1-1977 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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