Jacket, Bolero

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Jacket, Bolero

Entry/Object ID

2024.07.026

Description

Partly machine-stitched and hand-stitched lady's silk Bolero or 'Zouave' jacket made of brown silk taffeta. The inside of the jacket is lined with black silk taffeta. Curved coat sleeves made of two pieces. High round neckline bound with self-taffeta in brown. Wrist openings and jacket openings and across hem to back in trimmed with a single strip of pinked edge taffeta in a brown colorway, similar to 18th-century robings.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Category

Historic Costume, Adult, Female

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Jacket

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Taffeta

Material

Silk

Lining

Taffeta

Color

Black, Brown

Made/Created

Date made

1860 - 1868