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Costumes & Textile Collection

'Revolutionary' Clothing

Colonial Era Men's Wear

A Woman's Best Dress

Foundations and Accesories
   

Costumes & Textile Collection:
Detail of Brown Jacket

Detail of the front of the jacket, showing right pocket and the interior of the rear.

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Detail of the jacket back, showing the pleated "skirts" weighted by pewter buttons, and one of the turned up cuffs.

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