Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection

Cape of deep red velvet with open front

Title
Cape of deep red velvet with open front
LC Subject
outerwear
Donor
Larson, Sarah Russell
Designer
Ransohoffs
Description
Cape of deep red velvet with open front; trimmed around neckline down to waist with closely, piled discs of velvet; two tiered flounces of self-velvet dip down back; cape is fitted at shoulders with no arm slits; lower mid-length; dipped hem in back; lined in red silk satin.
Work Type
capes (outerwear)
Location
United States France
Date
1920/1929
Identifier
1981.003.002
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Silk Velvet
Technique
Piled discs of velvet trim neckline
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University
Note
Ransohoffs was an upscale department store in San Francisco. Ransohoffs was shown in Alfred Hitchcock's movie Vertigo.