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THE MERCHANT TAILOR MUSEUM

Illustrations of 3 men from a pre-civil war era fashion plate, wearing plaid pants, checked waitcoat, top hats, various styles of clothing.

Fashion plate etching of a man in historic dress, with his arm holding his coat lapel.

Fashion plate etching, in color, of a man and a boy dressed in clothing from the 1850's.

Illustration of 3 men dressed in antebellum and civil war era clothing, from a historic fashion plate. One man sits and the other 2 stand on either side of him.

Fashion plate etching of a man in a navy blue frock coat, gray suit, cravat, and top hat.

Fashion plate illustration of a 19th century man in a tailcoat, top hat, and pinstrip trousers.

Cotton Check Frock Coat

Catalog #: CL13

Date range: 1845-1855

Country of origin: United States

Accession date: 1-6-2023

From the Larry Kelsey Collection
Originally cut as a single breasted coat and was sized down and converted into double breasted.

The resize & convert project was done by moving buttons over and taking matching buttons from the rear of the coat and moving them to the front.

Completely hand sewn, primarily done with loose half back stitch and simple whip stitches. Crude, messy hand sewing.

Typical 3 piece body with 2 piece skirt/tail. Collar is 2 pieces, seamed at center.

Hand applied cotton/linen braided cord around front, collar, cuffs, breast pocket, and skirt back. Pocketbags are lightweight printed cotton.

Split cuff. Cloth was a rich blue, has faded to green. Tibi sewn onto back.

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