Description:
Skirt, part of a woman's riding habit, c.1885 and 1889, consisting of two jackets, an asymmetrically cut side-saddle skirt, trousers, and riding crop. The ensemble, worn by Anna M. (Dakin) Bond (1860-1897), Springfield, Massachusetts, is 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. At some point after its initial creation, the riding skirt's waist was taken in about 1.5"; this may have been to accomodate a decrease in size of the wearer, and roughly corresponds to the slightly smaller second jacket (HD 2022.15.2) made for the riding habit by the London ladies' tailor Dore in 1889. Anna married George R. Bond of Springfield, Massachusetts, on June 17 ,1890.
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