Mantle

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Braid and soutache in the decorative configurations of Turkish style were ubiquitous by the mid-nineteenth century. Seen on costumes as disparate as children’s dresses, ladies’ summer walking ensembles, and men’s smoking jackets, the style was most evident on outer garments such as this mantle.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

Metropolitan Museum of Art