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ROMANTIC VINTAGE FOR YOUR VALENTINE - PART 2

Wed, Feb 17, 2021 08:00AM EST
Lot 218

DOLMAN STYLE BEADED CREAM CAPE, 1865

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$500 $50
$2,000 $100
$5,000 $250
$10,000 $500
$20,000 $1,000
$40,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
$500,000 $10,000
$1,000,000 $25,000
Cream wool twill cape embroidered w/ cream silk cording & heavily beaded w/ white seed beads in elongated palmette motifs, double satin button w/ corded & beaded scalloped pickadils at neckline, elaborate needle embroidered clasp to CF neck, corded fringe w/ white glass seed beads at randomized intervals to CF opening, sleeves & hem, c. 1865, SH-SH 17.25", L 37.5"-43", (2 tiny moth holes SH blades & 1 left CB, 0.25" snack CB & left B, tiny dark stain CB, missing fringe at 1 scallop right CB) very good. Museum of the City of New York.