Part of a four-piece dress. Jacket: Short sleeves with cuffs. Dark blue velvet fully-lined in cream-colored silk with batting between two fabrics. 2 small leather-lined pockets on left inside. Hand-stiched strip on linging at lower edge right front. 3 hooks and thread-covered eyes at waist front. Parallel lines of sticthing on body at sleeve openings and at waist and on 3 bands around neck as well as front and silk at opening. Blue velvet strips have buttons in back and at tabbed ends on front. 4 tabbed front closure peices have buttons. Machine and hand-stitching.
Velvet jacket. Black and white interwoven pattern. Relatively plain. Button closure, consisting of 10 velvet covered buttons, down front starting approximately halfway down. Blue-black velvet yoke inset with open collar. Same velvet on cuffs, buttons, and lining. Fan-like piece on back of bodice, pleated at center back. Stays at each of 4 bust darts, side seam, and center back. 2 tabs with hooks and eyes inside front at waist. Inside at waist a 1in wide heavy cotton tape is stitched onto center back tacked at both side seams 28in long with hook and eye on folded ends.
