Dressing Up, Dressing Down

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Detailed Record

Object Name: coat & skirt

Artist/Maker: Horan Smith & Goulden Ltd.
Role in production: Make
Date: 1908-1910

Accession Number: 1956.272
Credit: Manchester City Galleries

Physical Description

Medium / Material

wool
silk
cotton

Support

Technique

Description

Grey woollen cloth. Coat lined with grey figured silk. Skirt lined with grey glazed cotton.

Coat : Turn down collar with rounded revers of black silk trimmed with black and silver braid. Narrow waistcoat fronts. White watered silk embroidered with black and silver braid, fastening with nine hooks and eyes. Open below waist. Long sleeves. Pocket in lining of left front below neck.
Skirt : Fastening with three hooks and eyes and four press fasteners below, to left of front waist. Pocket in lining opening.

Dimensions

Type: Coat
Height: 89 cm
Width:
Depth:

Type: shoulder
Height:
Width: 34.3
Depth:

Type: Skirt
Height: 103
Width:
Depth:

Type: waist
Height:
Width: 61
Depth: