Description:
Crop, 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. 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 1889 jacket was made in London and is labeled "DORE/ LADIES TAILOR AND HATTER./ 13 GEORGE STREET. HANOVER SQUARE. W1." The ensemble was worn by Anna M. (Dakin) Bond (1860-1897), Springfield, Massachusetts.The second jacket was made by the London ladies' tailor Dore when Anna, her younger sister Emily, and others, traveled to Europe and England in 1889. Anna M. Dakin married George R. Bond (1855-1943) of Springfield on June 17, 1890.
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