Coat

Clothes for Women

Inventory number
2020.4.19.8.CW.CT.C1939.XX
Description
Black woolen cloth coat to the floor, double-breasted, with four black plastic reliefed buttons fastening, princess seams, set-in sleeves with raised caps on shoulder pads, and a collar with wide beveled lapels, which are covered with black and gold floral patterned brocade.
Materials
Wool
Brocade
Origin
circa 1939 – 1940 Possibly United Kingdom

Exhibition History
• 2019.07.24–2020.03.03. ‘The Fashion during the War. 1938–1945. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum ‘Liepaja occupation regimes’, Liepaja, Latvia.