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PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK WOMAN
A NORTHERN PLAINS BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE COAT AND PAIR OF TROUSERS
Details
A NORTHERN PLAINS BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE COAT AND PAIR OF TROUSERS
the coat, in the style of a Euro-American frock coat, sinew sewn in numerous shades of opaque and translucent beads, with panels of red and brown cloth overlaid on the pocket flaps, each decorated with a zigzag band and edged with blue and yellow silk, surmounted by curvilinear designs on the hip and chest, a pair of scrolling motifs below the collar and extending over the shoulders, two panels of similar beadwork on the back, with a pair of rosettes at the base, centering a panel of ivory and orange-dyed porcupine quill-wrapped fringe, similar fringe on each arm, trimmed with otter fur, rich brown velvet, and mother-of-pearl buttons; the trousers, of usual form with button closure, sinew sewn with black, white-heart red, and white pony beads, decorated with serrated bands along the outer seam and around the bottom, similar beadwork on the back of each calf, fringe overall
Lengths: the coat, 40 in. (101.6 cm.); the trousers, 41¾ in. (106 cm.) overall (2)
the coat, in the style of a Euro-American frock coat, sinew sewn in numerous shades of opaque and translucent beads, with panels of red and brown cloth overlaid on the pocket flaps, each decorated with a zigzag band and edged with blue and yellow silk, surmounted by curvilinear designs on the hip and chest, a pair of scrolling motifs below the collar and extending over the shoulders, two panels of similar beadwork on the back, with a pair of rosettes at the base, centering a panel of ivory and orange-dyed porcupine quill-wrapped fringe, similar fringe on each arm, trimmed with otter fur, rich brown velvet, and mother-of-pearl buttons; the trousers, of usual form with button closure, sinew sewn with black, white-heart red, and white pony beads, decorated with serrated bands along the outer seam and around the bottom, similar beadwork on the back of each calf, fringe overall
Lengths: the coat, 40 in. (101.6 cm.); the trousers, 41¾ in. (106 cm.) overall (2)
Provenance
Collected by the present owner's great-grandfather, Colonel William Hamilton Harris (1835 - 1895), son of Ira Harris, U. S. Senator from New York (1861 - 1867), and brother of Clara Harris Rathbone, who was seated next to President Lincoln at the Ford Theatre when he was assasinated. Through the family by descent.