Jacket
c. 1815
Silk brocade
Museum purchase
Object numberP80.11.4
The spencer jacket was originally adapted from menswear. In the early nineteenth century, it was an essential outerwear component of a woman’s daytime wardrobe. The dainty silk floral fabric indicates that this jacket was probably worn in the afternoon,while the slashed detail on the sleeve caps shows the influence of a Renaissance revival style.
DescriptionCropped spencer jacket in off white silk brocaded with violet and green floral design, violet trim and tassels; peter pan collar with piped edge, long sleeves tapering to piped barrel cuffCollections
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