Ottoman cape
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2025.9.17.4.CW.CT.C1900.TR
Description
Cream felted wool cape in Ottoman style with metallic gold cordwork has a wide round collar, is lavishly decorated with couched and woven gold metallic cord in a pattern of botehs, shield forms and scrolling foliage; metallic button and loop closures with attached in the centers of side embroideries pendants with three balls of gold thread; lined in pale green shantung silk.
Materials
Wool felt
Gimp
Gold thread
Origin
circa 1900
Constantinople, Turkey