Uniform coat

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Uniform coat

Entry/Object ID

SS.63.640

Description

Blue serge; short jacket with tails, upstanding collar and cuffed sleeve: cuffs and pocket flapstrimmed with oak-leaf gold thread embroidery; fitted with 10 gilded USA buttons with eagle-and-stars motif; buttons stamped on reverse: "G. & W. BOGGETT/ 50 ST. MARTINS LANE."; simple black silk-covered button on each cuff (replacements?); embroidered pocket flaps without pockets; lined with white silk (reinforced with crepeline); sleeves lined with cream muslin.

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Textile Details

Material

Gold Thread, braid, Wool serge

Made/Created

Manufacturer

G & W Boggett

Notes

Dates: 1800 - 1850 Date made: r. 1800 - 1850

Label/Inscription/Signature

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

17 in

Length

40-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 17 x 40 1/2 in. (43.2 x 102.9 cm)

Condition

Notes

Overall Analysis: Re-line jacket with cream crepeline fabric, clean jacket with dry cleaning stoddard solvent, polish metal, and pack in acid-free container. $1,075.00

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Lining torn; 1 button missing.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Washington Irving (1783-1859), G & W Boggett

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

This uniform appears to be incomplete, the breeches in the box with it are not of the same quality or fabric. Also note that diplomats often had a formal dress or "court" uniform and a more simple "levee" version for lesser occasions, this may be the less-formal version of SS.63.639. The more formal uniform usually would have breeches, while the less-formal version, the long trousers [Jessa J. Krick, 11/16/2017].

Note Type

General Note

Note

This coat does not seem to have matching trousers or breeches, the black breeches in the box with it (SS.63.638) are not of the same fabric or of the same quality. This is the more modest of the two uniforms, ex-collection Washington Irving and the only one with London buttons.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 02C