Ivory White Ladies Evening Coat

Title: Ivory White Ladies Evening Coat
Custodian: Drama Department, Rhodes University
Description: The white evening coat is made with heavy brocade fabric that has geometric motifs with gold tensile details and three quarter raglan sleeves. The coat includes a shawl collar with hook and eyes in the front closure with a large button hole and a velcro closure from the neckline to the very bottom. The coat include three quarter raglan sleeves and the coat is suitable for sizes large. This kind of silhouette would be worn by the wife of the late President Kennedy, Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis during the 196o's. Condition: Decent with visible staining and no tearing,This is an item from the Post-Graduate Wall, meaning item has been bought or made for a Post-Graduate production. The item cannot be destroyed or adapted as the costume is meant to be preserved following the project.
Costume Era: 1960's
Extent: Artefact Sizes 14-16; Artefact Quantity: 1
Physical Wardrobe: Drama Department - Costume Storage Rooms
Asset Number: PSG 25
Rights: Drama Department, Rhodes University
Type: three dimensional object
Subject: Clothing and dress; Coats -- Twentieth century; Women's clothing; Vintage clothing -- Twenty-first century; Costume; Jackets
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/467811
Format: Realia

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