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Maker(s):Bonwit Teller; Cohen, B.
Culture:American
Title:coat
Date Made:1960-1970
Type:Clothing
Materials:textile: black pile weave silk (velvet); polychrome, woven floral and metallic trim
Place Made:United States; New York State; New York State: New York City
Measurements:Center Back - CB: 43 1/2 in; 110.5 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2019.31.11
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 black velvet of the coat is trimmed with a colorful metallic and silk(?) trim featuring small flowers. The coat is cut straight and is just 3/4 length. Two labels inside the garment suggest that it was made by a B. Cohen, an in-house designer for the New York department store Bonwit Teller.
original.” Label: “ILGWU 256782”

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