The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 11, 2024

Pelerine (Collar or Cape)

Pelerine (Collar or Cape)

c. 1830–1860
Cotton, peacock feathers, guinea fowl feathers?, Gadwalls duck feathers
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.)
Gift of the Textile Art Alliance in honor of their 60th Anniversary 1996.14
Location: not on view

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.
  • (Paul Hughes, London).
  • Adams, Henry. What's American about American art?: a gallery tour in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008. Reproduced: p. 15, & p. 20 - 21
    Keefe, Anna Rose, "Forgotten Fashions: Feather Pelerines of the Nineteenth Century" (2016). Open Access Master's Theses. Paper 950. digitalcommons.uri.edu
  • Gallery 231 - Native North American Textile Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27, 2018-August 26, 2019).
    American Indian and Tribal Art Show. Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, IL (October 15-16, 1994).
    Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 7-May 30, 2010).
    Rediscovery of Pre-Columbian Textiles, Huize Dumortier & P. Hughes, Antwerp, Belgium (September 16-November 12, 1994).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1996.14