Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coat
Object Number:
1949.323b
Date:
1888
Medium:
Wool, silk, linen, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 21 x 33 in. ( 8.9 x 53.3 x 83.8 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: on maker's label inside neck: "BROOKS BROTHERS / BROADWAY."
handwritten: on tag beneath maker's label, on underside: "J R Paxton May 88"
Description:
Black wool single-breasted chaplain's coat, with 1" closed stand-up collar lined with black velvet, shoulder straps with a crosier at the center of black ground, 5 silk-covered buttons down the center that button on the interior, braiding around the outer edges all around the coat, including collar, braiding radiating out from each button, with lozenge-shaped toggles on each end of the stripes; closed sleeves (no cuffs) with gilt sleeve knots; 3 1/2" vertical slit near the waistline on the left side; slit breast pockets lined with dark brown linen, right is vertical, left is horizontal, inside lined with nearly black (dark green?) silk, sleeves lined with white silk.
Gallery Label:
This chaplain's dress coat was worn by J. R. Paxton in 1888. Military chaplains received their first insignia in the form of a crosier, like that seen on this coat's shoulder straps, in 1880. The crosier insignia lasted until May 1888; this coat is dated May, 1888, making these shoulder straps one of the latest examples of this regulation insignia.
Credit Line:
Gift of P. Hamlin
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
