Coat
- Object Name:
- Coat
- Object ID:
- 1999.041.02
- Creator:
- Yeaton, Ethel. F. Otis
- Place of Origin:
- Deering, NH
- Date:
- 1918
- Description:
- Coat, girl's. Cream color linen or cotton, fluted weave, cream color embroidery. Collar and cuffs have embroidered scalloped edges. Flowers and bows embroidered on body. Four hook eye front closures. Hand sewn. ~21" high.
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- L-21 inches
- Provenance:
- This coat is part of a set of identical outfits, made for 3-year-old twins Hazel and Bertha Yeaton (b. 1915, Deering, NH) by their mother Ethel F. Otis Yeaton. Ethel's family was from New Bedford, MA. Ethel married Mr. Yeaton in 1914. Mr. Yeaton died in 1915, before the birth of his twin daughters. Photograph shows one of the donors wearing this coat, c. 1918, at age 3.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Hazel and Bertha Yeaton
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