Child's jacket

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Child's jacket

Entry/Object ID

2025.4.11

Description

1880s vibrant blue pin-striped silk shantung jacket with an integrated waistcoat of rich navy velveteen made for a girl of about five or six. Open front jacket is made without closures and is intended to reveal the attached waistcoat at all times.

Category

Clothing

Acquisition

Accession

2025.4

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Jacket

Clothing Sex

Female

Size

5-6

Textile Details

Material

Silk, Velvet, Wool, Metal

Color

Blue

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1885

Time Period

19th Century

Notes

Likely American.

Label/Inscription/Signature

Type

Label

Notes

Handwritten cotton label hand tacked at the collar interior reads “Indef. Loan // F. Comm. Players.”

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

jackets (short coats), childrenswear

Location

Box

Box 41

Cabinet

Object Cabinet

Room

Studio

Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Person

Megan O'Brian

Date

2024

Notes

Thesis report for FIT completed May 2024 and shared with TATTER (on file).