Collection Highlights
Portrait of Six Young Women Seated in a Turkish Corner
Date:
Object Number:
PR.120.1.3.SIX
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tailcoat
Object Number:
1943.352a
Date:
1909
Medium:
Silk, metal, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall (approx.): 3 × 26 × 46 in. (7.6 × 66 × 116.8 cm)
Marks:
incised: each button: "C C"
Description:
Black silk dress tailcoat (coat to Coaching Club uniform); coat has velvet double collar and black silk lapels with a buttonhole at each side at the tips; short jacket with a vertical row of yellow metal buttons on each side at the stomach, buttons incised with "C C" and showing the image of men in top hats in a coach, same buttons at the cuffs (3) and 2 near the center at the waistline on reverse.
Gallery Label:
This dress tailcoat was worn by Harris Fahnestock at Coaching Club dinners. The Society also owns the waistcoat and trousers to this uniform.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Harris Fahnestock
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
