Name/Title
JacketEntry/Object ID
2022.10.009Description
Black silk satin opera or evening jacket.
Black polished jet beading across hem, collar, and sleeve ends, intermingled with black silk soutache cording in Gothic design. Sleeves and hem are trimmed with doubled-flounced machined black bobbin lace.
Large sleeve openings with small sleeve cap at top.
Lined in a cotton sateen fabric. Turn-down collar. CF opening and lcosure of hook sand eyes. CF has three sets of balck grosgrain ribbon with purposfully frayed edges, each set with two dangling balls of black jet beads.
Machined with interior hand-finished seams.Collection
Genesee Country Village and MuseumMade/Created
Date made
1879 - 1881Notes
User Age: Adult
Gender: FemaleLexicon
Search Terms
Opera, Evening, Jacket, Dolman, Jet Beads, Flounce, Lace, Black, Satin
