Digital Collections

Mantelet

Object/Artifact

Mantle, unlined, made of gold colored silk taffeta, rudimentarily shaped circular form with wide neckline; deep border made of black net having a band of short gold silk fringe next to a band of moire ribbon, repeated again, and then finished with 2” gold silk fringe. No fasteners.

G2005.136

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1845 - 1855

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Mantel

Outerwear

Mentelet

Fringe

Silk

Outerwear

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