Overcoat

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This nicely tailored overcoat evokes a grand presence representative of its period. This would have been worn by a fashionable gentleman to protect his more delicate suit from the newfound repercussions of industrialization such as engine smoke.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art