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Jacket

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-223602

Description

Short, dark brown seal skin jacket with tawny highlights. Large collar, closes with black toggles covere in black fabric with stitched star design. Tailored in the back, has slit at rear bottom edge, no pockets.

Details

Descriptive Terms

jackets (garments)
silk (textile)
Jacket

Inscription

"Sammson & W[ill]bbard" (Boston, furriers; embroidered on lable)

Maker

Sammson & Willbbard

Dimensions

28 3/4 x 22 x 3 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Mary Belle Willson

Accession Number

1946.70B

Places

New Hampshire (United States)
Manchester (Hillsborough county, New Hampshire)

Related Items

Title Cap Accession Number 1946.70A

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