Three riding coats
Clothes for Men
Inventory number
2025.5.4.2ac.CM.CT.C1910.RU
Description
Three black woolen riding coats, so called "Labserdaks" – a traditional clothes of Litvaks, Orthodox Jewish male population, who historically resided in the territory of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania (present-day some regions of Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Poland, Russia and Ukraine). The labserdaks are accompanied by three black woolen waistcoats (one with notch lapels, one with shawl collar and one collarless), three pairs if trousers (one of tuxedo type) and three white cotton shirts with removable collars.
Material
Wool
Origin
circa 1910
Dvinsk, Russian Empire
Exhibition History
• 2025.05.29–2025.09.28. ‘In the Rhythm of the City. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Daugavpils Museum of Local Lore and Art, Daugavpils, Latvia.
