Exhibition
Of
Men & Their Elegance
Higbee Gallery
Second Rotation: April 25 to November 23, 2003
First presented: July 3 to November 17, 2002
Anne Bissonnette & Dr. Debbie Henderson, Curators
The New Frock Coat
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"Chapeau de paille bronze. Cravate de soie. Redingote à
deux rangs de boutons; collet pareil. Gilet de piqué. Pantalon
à mille raies" showing an informal knee-lenght, square-skirted,
double-breasted frock coat worn as "half dress.".
Fashion plate from Journal des dames et des modes, 16 septembre
1821, plate 38.
Kent State University Museum Library Collection
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Child's Green Wool Frock Coat
Possibly from the United States of America, 1830-1845
Boy's (4-6 years old) twill jacket trimmed with black velvet ribbon and
mother-of-pearl incised buttons.
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1983.1.1888
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Left
and center:
Frock Coats
Le petit courrier des dames. no18, tome XLII, 21e année,
31 mars 1842, plate 1819
Kent State
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