Full Dress Evening Wear: Tail Coat and Knee Breeches
Le petit courrier des dames. nº 35, tome LI, 26e année, 203 décembre 1846, plate 2236.

Kent State University Museum Library Collection

 

Formal Wear: Tail Coat and Trousers
Les modes parisiennes. Nº 465, 25 janvier 1852, plate 465.

Kent State University Museum Library Collection

 

Black Wool Tail Coat and Trousers, Ivory Silk Faille Vest and Satin Tie
Probably from Cleveland, Ohio, 1876
Worn by Charles William Bingham for his wedding to Mary Pappy Payne on 6/8/1876.
Lent by The Western Reserve Historical Society
Gift of Mrs. John A. Lee
WRHS 71.38.6

Black Patent Leather Pumps with Gold Buckles
"Martin & Martin," Probably from Cleveland, Ohio, late 19th-early20th century
Worn by Fred R. White
Lent by The Western Reserve Historical Society
Gift of Mrs. Fred R. White
WRHS 46.644

Accessorized with a White Cotton "Arrow" Shirt and a Black Silk Faille Top Hat
Hat: United States of America, c.1904
Silverman/Rodgers Collection, KSUM 1983.1.1924
Shirt: United States of America, late 19th-early 20th century
Lent by the Helen Clark Ward Costume Collection,
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
Gifts of Mr. And Mrs. George Tallmon Jones
KSUM L1995.17.154 (82.125)

Installation collar, cuff links, studs and gloves.

 

Hunter Green Wool Frock Coat
United States of America, late 19th-early 20th century
Although the square-fronted frock coat had re-appeared in the early part of the nineteenth century as an
informal garment worn as "half dress," by the time the coat in the pictures above was worn it had become acceptable
for the most formal "full dress" occassions.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Mr. And Mrs. J. Robert Green
KSUM 1984.21.1a

Gray Chiné Wool Morning Coat
"Scheyer Custom Care Ready to Wear," United States of America, 1928
The morning coat began it's life as an informal garment but by the time this suit was worn,
it had become permissible for "full dress."
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Sally Boggs Taft
KSUM 1995.30.24a