Morning Coat and Trousers
Excised Fashion Plate From:
Le Lion: Journal des nouveautés et modes d'hommes. July 1850.

Kent State University Museum Library Collection

 

Right:
Navy Wool Morning Coat
Europe or America, 1810-1830s
Navy wool double-breasted morning coat with brass buttons, high turned-down collar and velvet revers.
Kent State University Museum
Purchase, National Association of Men's Sportswear Buyers Foundation Fund,
KSUM 1997.29.1

Ivory Linen Trousers
United States of America, c.1830
Trousers with narrow drop-front or "falls" construction shown with installation instep bands, which are attached to a double set of buttons inside each side of the pant-leg.
Worn by Charles W. Palfrey (12/20/1813-1900), born in Salem, Massachusetts,
Harvard student 1831-1835.
Lent by The Western Reserve Historical Society
Gift of Mrs. C. H. Heynan
WRHS 59.639

Straw Top Hat
United States of America, 1830-1890
Coachman's hat worn by Sam Webb.
Lent by The Western Reserve Historical Society
Gift of Mrs. Fred R. White, Robert and Laurence Norton
WRHS 42.4656

Installation boots, fop, shirt and stock

Frock Coats and Morning Coat
Le petit courrier des dames. nº 18, tome XLII, 21e année, 31 mars 1842, plate 1819

Kent State University Museum Library Collection

 

Brown Velvet Frock Coat
United States of America, 1848-1852
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Gottlieb
KSUM 1984.1.93

White Linen Dickey
United States of America, c.1826
Worn by Phineas Jennings (1796-1882) from Mantua, Ohio.
Lent by The Western Reserve Historical Society
Gift of Miss Amelia Wilmot
WRHS 42.735

Black Satin Necktie with Attached Bow
United States of America, 1850s
Lent by the Helen Clark Ward Costume Collection,
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
Gift of Mrs. Theodore Bailey
KSUM L1995.17.877 (54.43)

Brown Silk Plush Stove-pipe Hat
"Atwood, Barnes, Farmer and Co. Cedar St. New York," 1840-1880
Worn by Valentine Krause, possibly in 1877.
Lent by The Western Reserve Historical Society
Gift of Mrs. Walter C. Southwick
WRHS 54.198

Black Leather Boots
"Nettleton Aderdeen-Rick's Proper Shoes Washington, D.C.," early 20th century
Worn by Martin L. Davey (1884-1946), Governor of Ohio from 1935 to 1938.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Mrs. Evangeline Davey Smith
KSUM 1991.11.121

Installation plaid pants digitally reproduced from 1850s fabric courtesy of
Professor Melanie Carrico, Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising.

 

Informal Coats for Summer Wear
Le petit courrier des dames. Tome LVI, 25 juin 1849, plate 2445.

Kent State University Museum Library Collection

 

Informal Coat for Summer Wear
Les modes parisiennes. Nº 496, 28 août 1852, plate 495.

Kent State University Museum Library Collection

 

Ivory Piña Cloth Summer Coat
United States of America, 1850s
Lent by The Western Reserve Historical Society
Gift of Miss Marguerite Chapman
WRHS 61.82.5

Ivory Printed Wool Vest
United States of America, 1840-1850
Printed red paisley motifs on beige wool
Lent by The Western Reserve Historical Society
Gift of Howard C. Hume
WRHS 71.52.12

Black Wool Sack Coat
Ohio, Cleveland, 1887
Worn by Frederick Weyland Sears (3/25/1862-3/2/1934) when he married
Anna L. Merriam (4/26/1867-11/28/1957) on January 6, 1887.
Lent by The Western Reserve Historical Society
Gift of David Sears Swetland
WRHS 89.51.1a

Gray Chiné Wool Morning Coat
"Scheyer Custom Care Ready to Wear," United States of America, 1928
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Sally Boggs Taft
KSUM 1995.30.24a