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French Printed Cloak
c 1830

For similar: Fashion Kyoto Costume Institute p 104 Taschen. This example is slightly earlier. See: Le Costume populaire Provencal Musee des Arts et Traditions Populaires de moyenne, Provence p. 131 for a whole chapter on cloaks. This was looked at by Anthea Jarvis, Keeper of Costume at Platt Hall, (Costume Museum) Manchester who confirmed the date, to whom I offer my thanks.

Cataloguing

From Provence, roller printed cotton in a roller printed cotton in a minuscule pale blue dotted leaf design on a chocolate brown ground, the huge hood with a 3 in. brim of fine pleating and outer frill, the frill lined with black cotton, the crown caught in to form pleats, unlined, the cape with thick pleated stand up neck frill, the yoke covers the shoulders with narrow flat pleat and finest pleating below, the flat front with four large brass hooks and three eyes (original I think), lined with smallest crimson flowers with orange centres on a mid-tan ground, the centre back and most of the yoke lined with a plain red quite coarse cotton, rust cotton tape loop, nape of neck to hem 47 in., hem 155 in.

Condition

Extremely rare item of clothing. A fabulous piece with two marvellous prints. In excellent condition apart from a small area to the top of the hood which has a 1 in. tear and another spot hole and slight whitish markings which looks almost like a water mark. The pleating in the two areas is delightful. Where the top hook is missing there is a little damage. The loop is original.