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Cream corduroy children's coat with collar

early 20th century

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A cream corduroy children's coat with a collar. The coat is made of cream cotton corduroy and has a self-fabric collar. The oversized rounded collar has a synthetic ribbon machine sewn along the border of the collar. Thinner braided cream trim is machine sewn along the collar. The coat opens in the center front and closes with one shell button which aligns with a buttonhole on the proper right side. Another buttonhole is sewn three and a half inches below, but its button is missing on the other side. A seam is below the bottom buttonhole. The top and bottom panels are hand sewn together; the bottom panel is gathered. The coat has short sleeves with a pleat on either side of the coat at the shoulder. The sleeves end in one-and-a-half inch cuffs.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2007.3.365

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