Shawl

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This shows a very effective use of changeante silk which would constantly shimmer and change color with each movement of the wearer. This type of subdued color was popular in the 1840s.

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