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Department Store B. Altman & Co. American
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The placement and use of multiple colors of lamé plays off the striations of the fur trim on this 1920s opera coat. It was made in France for B. Altman, a prominent American department store founded in 1865.
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Title: Opera coat
Department Store:
B. Altman & Co. (American, 1865–1990)
Date: 1924–26
Culture: French
Medium: silk, fur, metal
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. J. W. Post, 1944
Object Number: 2009.300.105
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