Coat, Cutaway
- Object Name:
- Coat, Cutaway
- Object ID:
- 2000.012.09
- Creator:
- Tuttle, Ellen Maria Flanders
- Place of Origin:
- East Andover, NH
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Morning Coat. White cotton muslin, eyelet trim, long sleeves, button front closure. Top portion of back and front are fully decorated with fabric tucks, embroidered ribbon, and lace ruffles; white-on-white. Matching ribbon and lace on collar and cuffs. Buttons run full length of robe, 16 two-hole mother-of-pearl buttons. Fabric doubled at underarms.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-54 inches
- Provenance:
- Note from donor about 2000.012.09-.10: "a morning coat and matching short sleeved nightgown of white cotton and multiple tucked bodice front and back and edged with eyelet embroidery.... Garments were made by my paternal great grand-mother Ellen Maria Flanders Tuttle, a dress maker and milliner from East Andover, NH. Wife of Weare Drake Tuttle. Sister of Dr. Charles Flanders, Manchester, NH. These garments were ... used as teaching tools for my Historic Costume and Design course at Hesser College in Manchester, NH."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Anne Landini
- People:
- Flanders, Ellen, Tuttle, Ellen
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