Woman's Tippet & Skirt (1962.50.2)
Summary:
Woman's Tippet & Skirt, c. 1888 (Click on image for additional information.)Description:
Materials: Silk, fur, wool, cotton, metal
Tippet and skirt of wine-colored, silk, uncut voided velvet on a satin ground with seal fur trim. The tippet has cape sleeves cut in one with the body, the collar and body are edged with fur. The garment is lined with vertically stripped brown satin. The skirt front is trimmed with vertical stripes of fur and also has fur along bottom edge of hem, The back of the skirt is of a matching wine colored satin. The skirt is lined with off white cotton with vertical stripes in brown and red.