Child’s Coat: Natural silk pongee cardigan front coat with full long-sleeve ending in band cuff. Knife and box pleats in skirts below low side belts. Materials: Natural silk Dimensions: 17 1/2” long center back; 7” sleeve underarm Remarks: Worn in 1910 when Mrs. Houts is 2 years old. 3” hem sleeves shortened. Stains on front and back.
Donor:
Design (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
United States
Verbatim coll. place:
U.S.A.
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coats (garments)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes