Description:
Jacket, part of a woman's riding habit, consisting of two jackets, an asymmetrically cut side-saddle skirt, trousers, and riding crop. The riding habit, worn by Anna M. (Dakin) Bond (1860-1897), Springfield, Massachusetts, is made from 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. The slightly later jacket was made in London in 1889 and is labeled "DORE/ LADIES TAILOR AND HATTER./ 13 GEORGE STREET. HANOVER SQUARE. W1." Anna had this second, more up-to-date jacket made when she, her sister Emily, and others traveled to Europe and England the year before Anna's marriage to George R. Bond On June 17, 1890. The second coat is slightly smaller than the first. This fact, along with the reduction in the waist of the riding skirt, suggest Anna lost some weight from the time of the c.1885 habit.
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