Coat
The ultimate luxury of the North was wintry warmth achieved in the white-on-white harmony of a textural eiderdown coat. A luxurious camouflage in the monochromatic landscape of the season, this coat anticipates a later version worn by Czarina Alexandra.
Artwork Details
- Title: Coat
- Date: ca. 1860
- Culture: Latvian
- Medium: feathers
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. H.F. Sachs, in memory of the late Mrs. Gisela Sachs néé Nathanson, 1977
- Object Number: 1977.298
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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