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2009 Record shot by L. Baumgarten. Child's coat dress or pelisse.
Pelisse
2009 Record shot by L. Baumgarten. Child's coat dress or pelisse.

Pelisse

Date1830-1840
MediumBrown ribbed tabby silk, brown tabby weave cotton lining, and natural tabby weave cotton lining.
DimensionsOL: 25" Waist 21", Skirt circum. 57"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1997-20
DescriptionChild's coat dress of solid brown ribbed silk lined with two different plain weave cottons and padded with batting in the skirt. Large shaped collar and front closure with hooks and eyes. Long sleeves with gathered fullness at the shoulders, tapering to narrow wrists fastened with hooks. Full skirt pleated to waist band. Skirt opens down front, with ribbon ties (three pairs, of which several ribbons are missing.) Narrow belt attached at center back, designed to be at center front. Interior has loops stitched to underarms, designed for slipping over buttons of a petticoat or trousers.
ProvenanceEx. coll.: Cora Ginsburg, personal collection
DS1997-0053
1835-1840
DS1994-0192
1823-1829
KC1975-674
1830s
1983-227, Gown
1760-1780
1992-37,1-3, Coat, Waistcoat and Breeches
1760-1780
DS1997-159
1828-1835
D2010-CMD.
1765-1780
DS2000-0322
1730s; gown remodeled ca. 1750
Printed Cotton Gown 2004-97
1785-1795
Bodice 1947-510,1
Ca. 1780, remade 1795-1800
1996-282,A, Gown
1835-1840