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Coat

Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2020.4.18.9.CW.CT.C1944.TR
Author:
House of Josette (Turkish, active 1940s)
Description
Grey woolen coat, mid-calf length, A-line silhouette, has one-piece sleeves with gussets sewn in oblique reliefs, which go to the back up to the hem, these seams are trimmed with grey soutache; the coat fastens with single soutache button at the neck, has small turn-down collar, sleeves with huge asymmetrical turn-ups, and an additional sewn-in detail at the hem, lined with silk satin in dry rose color.
Material
Wool
Origin
circa 1944 Istanbul, Turkey
Related object
Blouse
Exhibitions History
• 2019.07.24–2020.03.03. ‘The Fashion during the War. 1938–1945. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum ‘Liepaja occupation regimes’, Liepaja, Latvia.
• 2022.07.08–2022.11.01. ‘The Beginnings of the Railway in Liepaja (1871–1940). From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Liepaja Museum, Liepaja, Latvia.
• 2023.04.25–2023.10.07. ‘The romance of Travelling. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Šilutė Hugo Sheu Museum (Hugo Sheu Manor), Šilutė, Lithuania.