Pelerine (Collar or Cape)

Description

Experts argue about collars of this type: Did a Great Lakes native artist make it, using as a model an English lady’s pelerine and exotic feathers obtained through trade? Or was the collar created by a European feather worker, perhaps after seeing the spectacular feather capes of native Hawaiian royals who visited England in 1824? There are arguments for both views—and for further research.

Provenance

(Paul Hughes, London).

Pelerine (Collar or Cape)

[]

c. 1830–1860

Accession Number

1996.14

Medium

Cotton, peacock feathers, guinea fowl feathers?, Gadwalls duck feathers

Dimensions

Overall (display): 78.7 x 63.5 x 22.9 cm (31 x 25 x 9 in.); Overall: 92.7 x 166.4 cm (36 1/2 x 65 1/2 in.)

Classification

Textile

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Textile Art Alliance in honor of their 60th Anniversary