waistcoat
date: label: Date made
content: 1760-1779
name: label: wearer
content: Gansevoort, Peter
notes: label: Description
content: Dark brown wool foreparts; high, round, collarless neckline; curved pocket flap at each hip (the concave upper edge of the pocket flap is parallel to the convex lower edge); center front closure made for 12 buttons (11 buttons remain); flat round buttons are covered with silver metallic fabric (very tarnished), and trimmed with silver-colored embroidered and silver-colored spangles; medium-length skirt is flared at hips, and the center fronts are tapered back between the lowest button and the base; 7-inch vents in each side seam at hem; fully lined to edge with dark brown wool twill; backed with coarse brown plain-weave wool; center back seam has 23 1/2" opening from shoulder blades to hem, with 12 pairs of worked eyelets for lacing (not included).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used in
content: United States: New York, Albany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Abraham Lansing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.012815
label: accession number
content: 53757
label: catalog number
content: 012815
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Waistcoat
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: center back: 23 1/2 in; 59.69 cm