Black Regency Ruched and Scalloped Silk Velvet Pelerine Mantle Cape – S-M, 1930s

•University of Northern Colorado campus newspaper, Oct 1929•
“Crowell’s Ready-to-Wear Shop – Formerly the Classic Shop / 816 Eighth St. Phone 845
Formal Dresses for your Sorority Parties and dainty little form-fitting dresses with uneven hem-lines. The new silhouette styles are longer in back than front and are very slenderizing.”

Thigh-length mantle with banded collar and plain front and back curved inset yoke; falls to knee in back and low thigh in front. Vertical ruching from yoke bottom to hem around full circumference; self-piped placket edges and scalloped hemline. No sleeves or arm holes; single covered toggle button closure at throat. Fully lined in black lacquered satin.

fabric: silk velvet, lacquered satin
noteworthy: dry clean only
alterations: none
condition: excellent

measurements:

band collar: 1 ½” tall
neckline circumference: 16” (buttoned closed)
shoulders: approx. 15 ½”; 17 ½” across yoke
bust: 56”
waist: free
hip: free
length: 30” from shoulder in front, 34” in back
sweep: 70”

label: Crowell’s Ready-to-Wear Shop (Greeley, Colo.)
size: no size tag present; comparable to modern size small-medium