• Cos Cob Connecticut Vintage Style Unisex Embroidered Cotton Polo - White Retro Oyster Logo, Black
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Cos Cob Connecticut Vintage Retro Unisex Embroidered Cotton Polo - White Logo

Cos Cob Connecticut Vintage Retro Unisex Embroidered Cotton Polo - White Logo

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The Cos Cob polo, for the town that is where the Impressionists painted the Mianus. Soft ring-spun cotton pique with the Cos Cob vintage retro logo embroidered on the chest in white thread: hometown pride that passes at the office.

Choose the polo when a t-shirt is too casual and a logo too loud: the embroidered crest reads as a club mark, so it works for golf, a summer dinner or a workday. It is the Cos Cob gift for fathers, grooms and anyone who already owns too many tees.

Semi-fitted and side-seamed, this pique polo is cut from soft 100% ring-spun cotton (~5.2 oz/yd²) and finished with a classic 2-button placket and dyed-to-match buttons. The vintage-retro logo is embroidered on the chest. Lightweight and breathable for warm weather, with advanced fabric certification for peace of mind. Machine wash cold on gentle, tumble dry low, no bleach, do not iron the decoration, no dry clean. Because embroidery uses thread (not ink), slight differences from the digital product image are normal and part of the process; see our Embroidery footer for the full details.

Cos Cob is a waterfront village of Greenwich at the lower landing of the Mianus River, where the c.1728 Bush-Holley House stands on a hill over the harbor. The Holleys opened it as a boarding house in 1882, John Henry Twachtman began teaching summer classes there in 1890, and he and J. Alden Weir brought the Art Students League summer school in 1892.

Childe Hassam and Theodore Robinson followed, and the Cos Cob Art Colony that flourished until the 1920s was Connecticut’s first, a birthplace of American Impressionism. The saltbox became a museum in 1958 and a National Historic Landmark in 1991; Hassam’s Red Mill shipyard stood across the water. The mark on this piece is that light on the harbor.


QUICK FACTS — COS COB CT EMBROIDERED COTTON POLO

Town: Cos Cob, Connecticut

Founded: Village of Greenwich (settled 1640); art colony from 1890

Known for: The Cos Cob Art Colony at the Bush-Holley House; Connecticut’s first art colony; Cos Cob Harbor on the Mianus

Art: Cos Cob vintage retro logo, white (embroidered)

Blank: Semi-fitted pique polo, side-seamed, 2-button placket

Fabric: 100% ring-spun cotton, ~5.2 oz/yd²

Decoration: Chest embroidery, white thread

Care: Machine wash cold (gentle), tumble dry low, no bleach, do not iron decoration

Sizes: M, L, XL

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Every item is made to order, so please check the size chart on this page before you buy. Women's fitted tees run small; size up for a looser fit. Caps are one size with an adjustable strap.

How are items made and when will they arrive?

We make each item to order using premium blanks, embroidery and soft-hand prints. Production takes 2-5 business days (weekends and holidays excluded), then 4-10 days in transit via USPS, UPS or FedEx to U.S. addresses; most orders arrive within 6-15 business days. You'll get a tracking link the moment it ships. Any current shipping offer is shown in the bar at the top of every page and applies automatically at checkout, no code needed.

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How do I care for my item?

Apparel: wash cold, inside out, with like colors; no bleach; tumble dry low or hang dry. Embroidered pieces: iron inside out to protect the stitching. Caps: spot clean. Printed glasses and water bottles: hand wash only, no dishwasher, so the artwork lasts. Mugs and engraved glasses are dishwasher safe. Any item-specific care notes are in the description above.

Who makes this?

Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

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Why Cos Cob? In a word, the train. The Cos Cob station put the village less than an hour from New York, and the place gave Impressionism everything it wanted: tidal light on the Mianus, a working harbor, weathered clapboard houses, and the old Palmer and Duff shipyard across the water — the very subject of Hassam's painting 'The Red Mill, Cos Cob.' The artists worked outdoors, en plein air, just as the French had done at Giverny, chasing color that changed by the minute, and the Lower Landing of the Mianus handed them a ready-made composition at every tide.

The colony mattered far beyond the village. Twachtman, Weir, and Hassam were among the founders of The Ten American Painters in 1897, the group that carried Impressionism and the new styles across the country, and writers like Willa Cather and Lincoln Steffens stayed at the Holley House as well. For a few remarkable decades, a tiny Connecticut waterfront village sat close to the center of American art. Historians still count Cos Cob among the most important of the early American art colonies, its story set down in Susan Larkin's study, 'The Cos Cob Art Colony: Impressionists on the Connecticut Shore.'

Why People Visit Cos Cob

Cos Cob offers art heritage and green escapes in a small, walkable village. Visitors pair the Bush-Holley House and its Impressionist collection with river paths, harbor overlooks, and quiet historic streets. It is tranquil, residential, and close to the water, with year-round appeal in its parks, paths, and public spaces. History and everyday life sit side by side here, from the saltbox over the harbor to the trails along the Mianus.

Cos Cob Connecticut Merlin Classics retro logo — Long Island Sound oyster, Connecticut Est. 1636