coat
Summary
Egg-yolk yellow wool coat with round buttoning mandarin collar, 2 pairs of horizontal pocket flaps and single breasted fastening with press-studs; unlined; large inner woven label 'Jean Patou, Paris' and 'L960721'. Unsold as lot 98 in Christie's Fashion thru the ages sale, 3.12.09. Belonged to Anne Moen Bullitt (1924-2007). Born in Paris but brought up in the States, she married 4 times. At first she bought clothes in New York, mostly from Hattie Carnegie, but her second husband, Nicholas Duke Biddle, who she married in 1947, was vice consul in the American Embassy in Madrid, giving Anne access to Balenciaga couture clothes with the Spanish name 'Eisa' operating in tandem with the Paris house. She later moved to Ireland and bought clothes by Sybil Connelly, Lanvin, YSL and others. Anne Bullitt was tiny, with an 18-20 inch waist, making her clothes virtually unwearable for anyone else. Norman Norell (1900-72 worked first for Hattie Carnegie, then for Traina, creating his own firm in 1960.
Object Name
coat
Creators Name
Date Created
1965-1970
accession number
2011.31
Collection Group
Place of creation
Paris
Medium
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