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Ladies' Ornate Jacket, Easton Trunk, SS Central America Treasure [158752]

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD
Ladies' Ornate Jacket, Easton Trunk, SS Central America Treasure [158752]
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800.00USD+ (160.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 Mar 04 @ 10:48UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Ornate ladies' jacket found in the Easton trunk recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. What a beauty! Pretty and ornate lady's jacket. Large plus sign pattern in many spots, circular patterns near the base, slightly pulled in at the mid sides. Here we see the same gold metallic fiber background. It matches Mr. Easton's pants suits. Horizontal pattern silk lining. 11" collar with 14" notched lapel. 6 front double button flaps with 4 buttons present. 0.75" + border on bottom. Two lower front pockets with + embroidery above and below. 30" length, 40" waist. Sleeves 18" with + embroidery at cuff. Left front upper pocket. No apparent degradation, just stained. The conservators at Ohio State University called this wonderfully artistic coat a "paletot-sac," but we cannot find anything whatsoever similar on the Internet archives. The only coat somewhat similar, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is simply labeled "Coat, c1840-1845." The reason we opine that the coat is a woman's coat is that it is so differently artistic, without the usual drabness of most men's coats, particularly those of Mr. Easton. One has to wonder, "how much of this seemingly brand new and matching clothing was purchased in the immediate days prior to their August 20 wedding and same-day departure from San Francisco."

Provenance: SS Central America Collection