Opera coat

B. Altman & Co.

1924–26 · silk, fur, metal · Costume Institute

The placement and use of multiple colors of lamé plays off the striations of the fur trim on this 1920s opera coat. It was made in France for B. Altman, a prominent American department store founded in 1865.

Artist

B. Altman & Co.

Date

1924–26

Medium

silk, fur, metal

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. J. W. Post, 1944