Jacket

Department Store Best & Co. American

1936

Not on view

This infant's jacket is exquisitely constructed with dressmaking details including pleating, hemstitching, binding, drop lining and detailed rendering of the rabbits. The manufacturer and retailer, Best & Co. was renowned for fine luxury merchandise and Liliputian Bazaar was at the apex of childrenswear venues in New York. The charming logo of a human hand holding small figures refers to the Lilliputians in "Gulliver's Travels."

Artwork Details

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Title: Jacket
Department Store: Best & Co. (American, 1879–1969)
Date: 1936
Culture: French
Medium: silk
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Charles M. Krekel, 1957
Object Number: 2009.300.3186
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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