Pelerine

1830s pelerine, muslin with whitework embroidery.

A pelerine (from French "pèlerine" (pilgrim), is a short cape-collar covering the shoulders.[1] Layered muslin pelerines were popular in the 1830s as an option to drape over the top of the large sleeves fashionable at that period.[2] Along with tippets, they helped emphasise the fashionable width of the sleeves and the shoulderline of the decade.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Lewandowski, Elizabeth J. (2011). The complete costume dictionary. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 224. ISBN 9780810877856.
  2. ↑ Staff writer. "Pelerine, American, 1830s". The Collection Online. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  3. ↑ Tortora, Phyllis G; Eubank, Keith (1994). A survey of historic costume : a history of Western dress (2nd ed.). New York: Fairchild Publications. p. 281. ISBN 1563670038.


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