LINGERIE JACKET

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

Shaped, summer weight, vested jacket with open cutwork embroidery at sleeve and upper body. The flat, diamond shaped motif at side front is continued around to back. Deep bands of linen finish the sleeves. Some of the linen covered, crocheted buttons have been replaced with buttons of a slightly different style. This jacket could have been worn with any of the lingerie gowns in the collection, (48.16, 48.17, 48.18), and similarities in the sewing techniques, measurements and style of these garments indicate that they may have been ordered as a group and worn interchangeably.

Object name:

LINGERIE JACKET

Made from:

Linen -- crocheted cotton

Made in:

USA

Date made:

1910-1913

Size:

H. 15 in. (shoulder to waist front); H. 14 1/2 in. (shoulder to waist back); Dia. 30 in. (waist circumference); H. 7 in. (waist to hem front); H. 28 3/8 in. (waist to hem back); Dia. 100 in. (hem circumference)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

48.20

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973