Pelerine

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is a nice example of decorative beadwork accessories and garments which were considered high style in the 1880s and 1890s. The pendant points and ball fringe would make a lively, glittering vision in motion, calling attention to the wearer.

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