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Half-mourning jacket

Mrs Cassell's Mourning Warehouse1880/1889

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Woman's jacket, midnight blue velvet, fastened at the front with five sets of hooks and eyes. Shaped at the back with three seams, fitted at the waist. The front opening, neck, cuffs and hem are trimmed with a wide band of black fur applied onto velvet. Lined with ermine.

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  • Title: Half-mourning jacket
  • Creator: Mrs Cassell's Mourning Warehouse
  • Date Created: 1880/1889
  • Location: Great Britain
  • Physical Dimensions: Length: 74 cm centre front, Length: 95 cm centre back, Length: 50 cm sleeve, Weight: 1.64 kg weighted on the hanger inside tyvek bag
  • Provenance: Given in memory of Mrs Barbara Vaughan
  • Medium: Velvet lined with ermine and trimmed with rabbit fur. Metal hooks and eyes. Machine sewn.
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