Jacket

C-0013a-81

Title
Purple Satin Wedding Jacket: Jacket
Creation Date
1885

Dimensions

15" W x 21 1/2" L Item (Overall)

Width at shoulders

Count
1
Description
A jacket made of purple satin, with a mandarin collar, leg-o-mutton sleeves, eighteen roundwood buttons with brilliants, boning, and a dropped pointed waist at the front and back.  Worn as part of Mrs. Mathilda Allen Grandstrand's (1856 - 1926) wedding costume at her wedding to Charles Grandstrand on April 5, 1885.  See also C-0013b-81 for the accompanying skirt.  Unattributed.

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