Collection Highlights
"Columbia Demands Her Children"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.30
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Groom's overcoat
Object Number:
INV.11815
Date:
1925
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 43 x 19 x 4 in. ( 109.2 x 48.3 x 10.2 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: on label at neck: "JOHN PATTERSON & CO/ 665 FIFTH AVENUE/ NEW YORK" below a thistle
printed: on pocket label: "Arvid Swenson/ John Patterson & Co/ 655-671 FIFTH AVE/ NEW YORK AND/ BELLVUE AVE/ NEWPORT RI/ Harris Fahnestock/ Date. OCT 5 1925
Description:
Blue double-breasted wool groom's overcoat from a Coaching Club uniform with a fitted body and a full knee-length skirt; short pointed collar with an interior trim of blue and gold stripes; two rows of six round brass buttons; split up the back; one pocket at the waist; one vertical pocket inside the front; padded back; remained of interior lined with a black and white plaid wool; maker's labels at the neck and inside the interior pocket.
Credit Line:
Gift of Harris Fahnestock, 1938
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
