Overcoat
- Image
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- Created Date
- circa 1870
- Description
Coat of white silk moiré. Embroidered with white silk thread and opaque crystal beads. Wide, bell-shaped sleeves. Hip length; back curves out to allow for bustle on wearer's dress. White silk fringe at edges of sleeves and jacket hem. Lined with quilted white surah.
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Costume (mode of fashion)
Clothing
Outerwear
Evening dress (concept)
Overcoats (outerwear)
Evening coats
Palmer, Bertha Honoré, 1849-1918 - Location
- France
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Chest: (30 in)Waist: (31 in)Hip: (42 in)Length: (27.5 in)Length: (24 in)Silk (fiber)MoiréEmbroideringBeads (pierced objects)Beading (process)Surah
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2017, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Overcoat. circa 1870. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/139. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (circa 1870) Overcoat. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/139
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/139>.