Eiderdown Coat

Eiderdown Coat

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The ultimate luxury of the North was wintry warmth achieved in the white-on-white harmony of a textural eiderdown coat. A luxurious camouflage in the monochromatic landscape of the season, this coat anticipates a later version worn by Czarina Alexandra.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.