COAT

Creator(s): Best & Co. (Retailer)

Currently in storage

About this object

Lightweight child's coat in pink silk faille with shell buttons. Coat is designed in a mock double breasted style with a self fabric waist belt and fitted sleeve typical of the period. Coat has a square, turned down collar and turned up cuffs of the same pink faille over which a cotton collar and cuffs have been hand attached. These may have been an addition after the coat was purchased. The free-hanging lining is comprised of a layer of silk and a layer of cotton.

Object name:

COAT

Made from:

Silk faille -- shell buttons

Made in:

Paris, France

Date made:

1910-1916

Size:

H. 11 1/2 in. (shoulder to waist front); H. 10 1/2 in. (shoulder to waist back); Dia. 32 in. (waist circumference); H. 19 1/2 in. (waist to hem front); H. 19 1/2 in. (waist to hem back); Dia. 80 in. (hem circumference)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

48.34

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973