Overcoat
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1950
- Description
Coat, evening-style, of light brown wool crepe. Collarless, with clutch closure. Three-quarter length sleeves; horizontal pin tucks create a vertebral pattern on upper side of sleeves. Side seam left open on both sides from armscye to hem. Falls to mid-thigh. Black taffeta lining.
- Creator
Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Costume (mode of fashion)
Clothing
Outerwear
Evening dress (concept)
Overcoats (outerwear)
Evening coats
Catlin, Kathleen - Location
- France
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Wool (hair material)Crepe (textile)Silk (fiber)Taffeta
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2017, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer). Overcoat. 1950. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/962. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer), (1950) Overcoat. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/962
- MLA citation style
- Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/962>.