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Zoar Man's Hat, Boots and Coat Rendered by Fritz Boehmer (artist), c. 1937 watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard overall: 53.5 x 45.3 cm (21 1/16 x 17 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 40" long Index of American Design 1943.8.3843 |
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Men's clothing of the mid-nineteenth century has the simplicity of style to which we are accustomed today. This coat and hat, dated about 1840, were made for Joseph Bimmler, founder of the Zoar Society, a religious community in Ohio. The coat of darkblue broadcloth was made in the community sewing house. The hat, called a "Beaver" or tall hat, has a label inside indicating that it was made by E. Brown in Philadelphia.
The boots, dated about 1870, are from the Zoar Society's boot shop. During the second half of the nineteenth century, boots and shoes were made on wooden forms called "lasts," which were shaped for the left and right feet. Such forms are used for making shoes today.
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