Coat
Category
Textiles
Date
1800 - 1900
Materials
Wool, felt, silk and leather
Place of origin
North America
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349287
Summary
Coat - A Native American or Canadian Aboriginal coat possibly made from a Hudson Bay blanket (cream/indigo wool). It is decorated with strips of quillwork on a leather ground applied onto the collar, cuffs and as epaulettes trimmed with beads, felt and tufts of animal hair. The collar sides are edged with red silk and the hood seam trimmed with red felt. All other seams are piped with pieces of indigo wool. It fastens with horn buttons. (male)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade