Bolero
Category
Costume
Date
1898 - 1899
Materials
Silk, Velvet
Measurements
280 mm (Length)370 mm (W)
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Killerton, Devon
NT 1363123
Summary
Jacket; Bolero or sleeveless Zouave jacket of red velvet heavily trimmed with black braid and lined with black silk, machine sewn, the curved fronts echoed in the inverted V shaped back waistline. Probably a 'Sultane jacket', the short sleeveless Zouave fashionable in 1889 (Cunnington). 1898 - 1899 (circa)