Coat

Unknown

ca. 1860 · feathers · Costume Institute

The ultimate luxury of the North was wintry warmth achieved in the white-on-white harmony of a textural eiderdown coat. A luxurious camouflage in the monochromatic landscape of the season, this coat anticipates a later version worn by Czarina Alexandra.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1860

Medium

feathers

Culture

Latvian

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Dr. H.F. Sachs, in memory of the late Mrs. Gisela Sachs néé Nathanson, 1977