Coat

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Coat

Entry/Object ID

CW 697

Description

Coat. Man's dress coqt. Formal dark blue wool coat; silk faille lapels; black silk-lined cut-away; blunt rounded tails; double breasted; no buttonholes. Coat was found in a house in New England. Circa 1901. Label in coat: "Nieuw Engeland, Konigsplein, Amsterdam." Good Condition. Worn by Mr. H. P. Wood, October 17, 1901. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Amsterdam, Holland

Label/Inscription/Signature

Notes

Retailer's Label: "Nieuw Engeland, Konigsplein, Amsterdam."

Provenance

Notes

The Nieuw Engeland (New England) was the name of a neo-Baroque and Art Nouveau department store built around 1899 on Konigsplein (King's Square) , Amsterdam, Holland. (Source: Rijks Museum: http://rijksmonumenten.nl/monument/518360/nieuw-engeland/amsterdam/)