
Overcoat
Rice & Duval
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
This well-made leisure coat was created by the New York City tailoring firm of Rice & Duval for a member of the prominent Rockefeller family. Among its members were William Avery Rockefeller (1841-1922) and his brother, John D. (1839-1937), were co-founders of Standard Oil.
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.