COLLECTION NAME:
Historic Costume Collection
Record
Object Name:
Coat
Collection Title:
Historic Costume Collection
Fashion House/Manufacturer:
Hermes (French, founded in 1837)
Donor:
James Berk
Location.Repository:
Department of Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Location.City:
Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)
Photo Credit:
Tom Slocum
Decade:
1980s
Date Photographed:
September 19,2014
Category:
Clothing
Class:
Outerwear
Subclass:
Trench coat
User/Wearer:
Womenswear
Label:
HERMES, SPORT, PARIS
Provenance:
This garment was owned by Ilona Beck (1918-2013) a professional dress maker, the donor's mother. Beck was born in Czechoslovakia and was a Holocaust survivor. She lived most of her life in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Place of Origin:
France, Paris
Object Description:
Khaki trench coat with oversized rolled collar and fullness at hem.
Description of View:
Detail view of upper front
Silhoutte:
Trench
Primary Color:
Khaki
Surface Design:
Center front buttons. Sash belt at waist. Double row of topstitching at collar edge, center front, center back, pocket welts, storm flaps, and on sash belt
Garment Components:
Coat, belt
Structural Design:
Concealed center front button placket. Storm flaps at upper front and back. Diagonal single welt pockets at front left and right hip. Back features exaggerated vent that extends from high hip to hem edge.
Neck Treatment:
Rolled
Sleeve:
Long set-in sleeve
Accession Number:
UNL Historic Costume Collection 2014.003.013
Collection Information:
Digital collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Image Publisher:
University of Nebraska--Lincoln
