Interrogating the Museum - Essay Example

The aim of this paper is to examine garments found in museum exhibitions. In this regard, I will focus on a woman's coat, mats and other garments as per the picture provided for the purposes of this assignment. Through my discussion, I will focus on various garment properties such as size, color and materials used in garment making. The origin of the stunning woman’s coat was from Central Europe. Exhibition cover story on coats and jackets indicated that such garments were made from sheep wool and animal skins.

From the picture provided, we clearly note that the coat was made of woolen garments. This is clearly observable from the fur on the neckpiece of the coat. Close observation of the coat, one can notice that, the coat was made of a skin. In most cases, skins were believed to be hard if not cured and may produce bad odor if not well dried and treated before making garments with them. The sleeves of the coat seem to have been made skin. The picture provided is a sample of a woman coat known as KISBUNDA.

The exhibition cover story indicated that, woman coat were made of six skins sewn together to form a sack-like garment fitted with a slit open towards the shoulders. The woman’s coat provided resembles KISBUNDA. From the picture, we further notice that the coat is fitted with pockets which were mostly likely used to make hands warm during the cold seasons. Color/ Patterns Having discussed the roles of various individuals on the making of garments, we realize that the master provided a well thought of floral pattern that blends well with the color of the coat.

The floral patterns looks fine, from the look of the picture, one can tell that the one who created the patterns was keen on subtle look of the coat. While still showing my daring side of the impression on the woman’s coat, history indicated that such subtle clothing was worn on wedding days and other important functions. The coat is in color brown which resembles the original color of a skin. The coat has embossed patterns on the skin; this is clearly observable at the bottom of the coat. Measurements Exhibition cover history on European coats and jackets shows that jacket lengths varied in that some measured 5 inch long, some were waist-size long or rather covered the hips.

On the other hand, coats length varied from knee long and others ankle length. Keen observation on the woman’s coat picture one can notice that, the coat length is kneed -long. Such a coat might have been expensive during 19th century. My impression based on the context of size, the kneed long coats were mostly likely made to cover the knees in order to keep a woman warm covering her from legs below the knees to shoulders. Skin length was a significant consideration while making garments. Set of Vestment Exhibition cover story for the set of vestment indicated that the vestments were made to celebrate the Roman Catholic Mass.

This symbolically were used to trace the history of the salvation of mankind. In this regard, one can see embossed pictures of angels, Mary mother of Jesus holding her young one. The vestment seems to have been made of a skin material embossed to form the pictures on the background. On the other hand, the vestment seems to be like an ornament rather than a wearing garment. The vestment seems to be over a yard long or rather waist long. The straps handed on the side are also made of skin with woolen strips on the end.

This creates a fantastic impression for the