Coat

Clothes for Women

Inventory number
2019.4.4.18.CW.CT.C1865.FR
Description
Frock coat in mustard colour wool with beige lining and two-tone brown velvet collar, five buttons on the front, three buttons on the sleeves, two buttons on the back, belonged to French novelist, memoirist, and socialist George SAND (1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876).
Materials
Wool
Velvet
Origin
circa 1865 – 1870 France

Exhibitions History
• 2019.7.14 - 2019.8.31 - "Resort elegance - Vichy 1852-1870", Palais des congrès, Vichy, France
• 2019.8.30 - 2019.10.6 - "Invitation to the ball", Château de Querrieu, Querrieu, France
• 2019.10.24–2020.03.28. ‘The Crinoline Lady. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Fashion Museum, Riga, Latvia.
• 2021.04.19–2020.10.30. ‘The Crinoline Lady (1850–1869). From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Silute Hugo Sheu Museum (Hugo Sheu Manor), Silutė, Lithuania.
• 2024.06.11–2024.10.26. ‘A day in the 19th century manor: from morning rituals to banquets. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Daugyvenė museum-reserve of cultural history (Burbiškis Manor), Radviliškis district, Lithuania.