Coat

Unknown

1876 · silk · Costume Institute

This coat is a nice example of special occasion children's attire, expressing the style of the day. The elaborate embroidery is especially beautiful. The condition of children's clothes is important because they tend to get heavy wear, but this coat has been preserved, perhaps not even worn.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1876

Medium

silk

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Loretta McKenna, 1961