Black Wool Coat. Material: textile, plastic. Size: 47" H. x 17" W. Description: hand sewn black wool coat with black silk lining; black ribbing down front; decorative stitching on collar lapels; black braid edging along coat opening and bottom; fur cuffs; closure with three large buttons. See photograph accession 61.17.3.
Black coat worn by Nancy H. Phelps Henderson. Possibly a widow's weeds, a term used in 19th-century America, mostly during the Victorian period. Nancy H. Phelps was born in St. Mary Township, Waseca County in 1868.
