Satin multi-colored patchwork print cape by Christian Lacroix

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Satin patchwork print cape by Christian Lacroix. The cape is made from a half-silk satin fabric printed with patchwork squares in lavender, chartreuse, orange, dusty pink, mauve, and black. Squares of black net covered in black sequins and beads of various geometric shapes are sewn on the front sides of the cape with haphazard placement. The cape falls below the knee and is double-breasted, with a hidden snap closure on the front of nine (9) large snaps in two columns with five on the right and four on the left. There is an additional small snap and one (1) small button and loop closure at the top of the proper right front. A wide peter pan style collar made from the satin is sewn around the top and covers over where the proper right front crosses on top of the proper left front at the neck.

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