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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