Brown faux leather and fur coat with belt
date: label: Date
content: 1970s
name: label: Created by
content: Beene Bazaar, American
label: Subject of
content: Geoffrey Beene, American, 1927 - 2004
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A faux leather and faux fur coat with a matching belt. The coat (a) has a band collar that closes on the proper left side with two silver metal snaps. The coat opens in the center front with fourteen metal snaps on a vinyl placket at each side of the center opening. The coat is made of brown quilted faux leather with lattice patterning creating diamonds. Various diamonds are filled with brown faux fur. A brown vinyl belt loop is sewn to each side of the coat along the side seams. The long sleeves end with vinyl cuffs with a slit and two metal snaps. The hem of the coat is finished with a band of vinyl. The coat is lined with brown synthetic and is machine sewn, it is self-faced along the collar and center front opening. The lining is attached to the vinyl with hand sewing. A woven fabric label is sewn to the center back interior below the collar. The label reads [BEENE / Bazaar]. The belt (b) is made of the same brown vinyl used on the coat. It has four silver metal snaps on each end of the belt. Two more rows of four snaps are attached four inches away from the outer snaps to adjust the fit of the coat.
label: Cataloging Notes
content: This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.3.694ab
objectType: label: Type
content: coats
label: Type
content: belts (costume accessories)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: faux leather, vinyl, faux fur, metal, and synthetic
label: Dimensions
content: a. coat
label: Dimensions
content: Length (a: shoulder to hem): 50 3/4 in. (128.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (a: shoulder to shoulder): 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (a: flat): 19 in. (48.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: b. belt
label: Dimensions
content: Length: 37 1/2 in. (95 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width: 4 in (10.2 cm)