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Department Store Hannis & Jenkins American
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Featured is an excellent example of women's wear inspired by menswear, which began in the 1890s and continued to grow in popularity. The more feminine jabot is replaced with a masculine four-in-hand tie. Also, the choice of fabrics alludes to men’s formalwear vests.
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Title: Jabot
Department Store:
Hannis & Jenkins
Date: ca. 1900
Culture: American
Medium: cotton, silk
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the estate of Sarah B. Russell, 1956
Object Number: 2009.300.1896
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