Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

1964

  • Work on this object began.

1974

  • Work on this object ended.

2023

2025

  • You found it!

Cape

This is a Cape. It was designed by Bonnie Cashin and Dorothy Wright Liebes.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Don Wood as part of A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

It is dated ca. 1969. Its medium is wool double-cloth, leather trim. It is a part of the department.

It is credited Courtesy of Don Wood.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

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