jacket
date: label: Date made
content: 1875 - 1885
label: date made
content: ca. 1875
notes: label: Description
content: Woman's jacket made from imitation sealskin (woven silk plush), front closure with hooks and eyes, long sleeves, closely fitted, slight fullness at top of armseye, cut with long tippets in front, back full but short to fit over bustle, stand collar. Lined with quilted brown satin, interior slit pockets with ruffled opening set with small, self-fabric bows at each end and decorated with a strip of plush. Label from Washington, DC retailer, Lansburgh's, center interior top, base of collar, made from woven ribbon, used as a hanger (ribbon is fraying and almost illegible). One of series of jackets made from imitation sealskin in the collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Jason Westerfield
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.212105.101
label: catalog number
content: 212105.101
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Jacket
label: Object Name
content: jacket, woman's
label: Object Name
content: jacket
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Jacket
label: Object Type
content: Outerwear
label: Other Terms
content: Jacket; Outerwear; Female