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Maker(s):B. H. Wragge
Culture:American
Title:coat
Date Made:1950-1969
Type:Clothing
Materials:textile: purple pile-weave silk (velvet); paste or rhinestone glass buttons
Place Made:United States; New York State; New York State: New York City
Measurements:Center Back - CB: 39 in; 99.1 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2019.31.13
Credit Line:Gift of Juliet G. Flynt, grandaughter of Helen and Henry Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Evening coat worn by Helen Geier Flynt (1895-1986). Flynt, along with her husband Henry N. Flynt (1893-1970) founded Heritage Foundation, later Historic Deerfield, in 1952. The coat is made from purple silk velvet with square rhinestone buttons securing the center front of the garment. A label inside notes the maker as "B.H. Wragge." Wragge was a higher end manufacturer of women's sportswear who began making collegiate clothing for women in the 1920s.

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