Coat
c. 1880
Brocade and marabou feathers
Gift of Mildred R. Mottahedeh
Object number75.227.37
Dolman coats were worn over the bustle-skirted silhouettes of the 1870s and 1880s. Their semi-fitted bodices typically included long, sloping shoulder seams from which square sleeves extended forward at waist level. Such sleeves hindered motion, but keeping the arms tucked close to the body could provide greater warmth.
DescriptionDolman coat in black broche trimmed with black marabou feathers; narrow standing band collar with black lace standing ruffle lining has wide band of marabou around neck, down center fronts and around sleeves wider band around hem corners at center back and edges either side of slit to waist; passamentrie swag at center back waist; lined with dark red quilted satin; inside waist tie; hook closing at center frontCollections
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