Sweater coat belonging to Etta Moten Barnett
date: label: Date
content: 1960-1985
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Carson Pirie Scott & Co., American, founded 1854
label: Designed by
content: Vera Maxwell, American, 1901 - 1995
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: This is a Carson Pirie Scott sweater coat. This is brown-grey tweed sweater coat with a wide beige shawl collar. On each side of the front opening is a button just under the shawl collar. They are connected by a short tab of brown-grey tweed fabric that buttons on each side. The sweater coat is a knee-length with two deep front pockets. The pockets have beige flap openings with scalloped edges. On the inside of the back of the neckline is a beige fabric tag with white text within brown boxes that reads “Carson Pirie Scott & Co. / CHICAGO / ASCOT SHOP.” There is a fabric tag sewn to an inside seam that is striped diagonally burgundy, white and teal. Contrasting color text reads “Vera Maxwell / ORIGINAL.”
place: label: Place purchased
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Etta Moten Barnett Archive
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2022.13.1.19
objectType: label: Type
content: sweaters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cloth with plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 40 3/16 × 21 7/8 in. (102 × 55.5 cm)