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2019.193
Title
Ott & Heinemann Green Leather Coat with Double Buckle Belt
Date(s)
- 1953 (Creation)
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(1936-1997)
Administrative history
Ott & Heinemann was formed in 1936 by Hans Ott and Erich Heinemann to take over the Jewish owned department stores Carsch & Co in Frankfurt. The Carsch family were forced to sell through the process of 'Aryanization' established by the Nazi state. The company was taken over by H. Dyckhoff KG in the early 1970s and when Dyckhoff went bankrupt in 1997, Ott & Heinemann was dissolved.
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Long coat made of dark green leather. It has a wide collar and lapels, each lapel has a button hole. The coat opens down the centre front and is closed with a separate belt which has two leather covered rectangular buckles. The belt has four lines of stitching and is attached to the coat at the left waist with a line of vertical stitching. There are similarly stitched tabs forming each cuff on the sleeves which fasten with leather covered buttons. The back of the coat has a long centre vent. It is lined in grey rayon and has a leather hanging loop in the back of the neck above the makers label.
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This coat was bought in 1953 in Frankfurt, Germany. After serving in the war, the owner lived and worked in a small village outside of Frankfurt. He worked as a farmer and also in his family's restaurant. He was known in the village as ‘der schöne Heinrich’ - ’the beautiful Heinrich’ - because of his good looks and the old Porsche car he drove. When he came back from Frankfurt after buying the coat his wife and family were angry with him for spending such a lot of money on a piece of clothing.