Overcoat

Rice & Duval

1901 · wool · Costume Institute

This well-made leisure coat was created by the New York City tailoring firm of Rice & Duval for a member of the prominent Rockefeller family. Among its members were William Avery Rockefeller (1841-1922) and his brother, John D. (1839-1937), were co-founders of Standard Oil.

Artist

Rice & Duval

Date

1901

Medium

wool

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 Mrs. William Rockefeller and Mrs. James VanKennen, 1972