1988.48.2

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Details

ID Number

1988.48.2

Category

Personal Artifacts

Sub-category

clothing - outerwear

Item Name

coat

Materials

TEXTILE, SILK

Description

Beige silk; long sleeves with foldback wing cuffs; high neck with fold-down collar; front opening fastens with large blackish shell buttons and beige fabric loops and one snap; same-fabric pocket on right front facing (inside coat); embroidered name on left front facing (see Marks); hand and machine sewn; unlined; seams finished with bias tape; sleeves are cut as part of the front and back; centre seam at back.

History

On paper clipped to coat when donated: "The early days of motoring necessitated dusters and veils, for obvious reasons. This duster of raw silk was in use about the period of World War I and has travelled a good many miles on our Canadian roads."

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Automotive subject

Bowlby person

Transportation / Transport subject

Women / Femmes subject