JACKET

Description: SHORT WAISTED, WITH LONG SLEEVES. INDIGO SILK, W/ BLUE VELVET TRIM. FRONT OPENING HAS A ROUNDED TRIM ON IT, CONSISTING OF A BEIGE BACKGROUND OVERLAID WITH MULTICOLOURED SQUARES. EACH SIDE OF FRONT OPENING ALSO HAS THREE BUTTONS THAT ARE SQUARE SHAPED AND COVERED WITH BLUE VELVET, AND HAVE MULTICOLOURED THREAD WRAPPED AROUND THEM, ONCE HORIZONTALLY, AND ONCE VERTICALLY. THERE IS ANOTHER BUTTON (SAME AS ABOVE) ON EACH SIDE OF JACKET TOWARDS THE SIDES. BELOW THIS IS A TRIANGLE OF SAME TRIM USED ON FRONT OPENING. SLEEVES ARE GATHERED AT SHOULDERS. CUFFS OF SLEEVES EACH HAVE A BUTTON (AS ABOVE) AND CUFF IS FOLDED OVER TO REVEAL A TRIANGLE OF SAME MULTICOLOURED TRIM AS ABOVE. BACK OF JACKET ALSO HAS TWO BUTTONS (AS ABOVE) AT WAISTLINE. FRONT CLOSES WITH 4 HOOKS AND EYES. INSIDE OF JACKET IS LINED WITH IVORY SILK. INSIDE LEFT BREAST HAS A POCKET THAT APPEARS TO BE A FLAP POCKET BUT IS ACTUALLY A PATCH POCKET; HAS LIGHT GREEN TRIM AND AN IVORY RUFFLE AT TOP. JACKET HAS A NUMBER OF WORN SPOTS, RESULTING IN HOLES. JACKET IS COLLARLESS.

History: STYLE OF JACKET SUGGESTS AN ORIGIN OF THE MID TO LATE 1800S, HOWEVER IS POSSIBLY A LATER REPRODUCTION. SEE P19990053001-GA FOR HISTORY. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DONOR GAIL HOLLAND’S ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND GENERAL USE OF HER 1999-DONATED COLLECTION PLEASE REFER TO RECORD P19990053001. ***UPDATE: ARTIFACT INSIGHT BELOW SUBMITTED BY DONOR AND COLLECTIONS VOLUNTEER GAIL HOLLAND ON 19 APRIL 2011. “BOLERO STYLE JACKET SERVED AS A REFERENCE FOR DESIGNING & CONSTRUCTING A TRAVELLING COSTUME, CONSISTING OF A JACKET AND SKIRT, WORN BY LEA BLAQUIERE IN LETHBRIDGE MUSICAL THEATRE’S PRODUCTION OF “THE KING AND I”, 1981 – TIME SETTING BEING THE 1860’S.”