Coat

Clothes for Women

Inventory number
2020.4.24.4.CW.CT.C1945.FR
Author:
House of Agnès-Drecoll (French, 1931 - 1953)
Description
A black woolen semi-fitted knee-length coat with set-in sleeves, a shawl collar and a large rectangular quilted patch pocket on the right hip, edged with a strip of black astrakhan fur. The coat is fitted with viennese seams at front, has rear yoke, four rear darts stitched up to the waist and gored back panels which form pleats at the rear skirt; closed with golden buttons with black covered cores and lined with black crepe de chine.
Materials
Wool
Karakul fur
Origin
circa 1945 Paris, France

Exhibition 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.