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Knee length women's coat with kimono style sleeves. The coat is made from a heavy cotton material and has a silk lining. There are dragons and stylized clouds embroidered on the front, back, and sleeves of the coat. The dragons and clouds are scroll, sun, and triangle design. The coat closes up the front with five metal acorn shaped buttons. There is an interior pocket sewn into the left lapel. The coat also has slit vents at each side. The back of the coat is also embroidered with dragons and clouds.
coats (garments)
silk (textile)
cotton (textile)
Coat
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P848
Unknown
25 10/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1268
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