Description:
Jacket, part of a woman's c.1885 riding habit consisting of the jacket, along with an asymmetrically cut, side-saddle skirt, one pair of trousers, and riding crop. The riding ensemble was custom made for Anna M. Dakin (1860-1897) of Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1889, a second riding jacket (HD 2022.15.2) was made for the ensemble by London tailor Dore, when Anna, her sister Emily, and others traveled to Europe and Italy. The c.1885 riding jacket, skirt, and bottom half of the trousers are made from a dark blue, fine wool broadcloth (woven in a twill weave), with various linings, interfacings, and stiffeners. The original c.1885 riding habit was made by L.P. Hollander & Co. of Boston. Both it and its wearer are depicted in a posed studio photograph (2022.15.6). The original iteration of the riding habit may have been before Anna M. Dakin married George R. Bond (1855-1943) of Springfield in 1890. It is possible that the couple traveled abroad for their honeymoon, and the second riding jacket obtained at that time from the London tailor Dore.
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