waistcoat fragment
date: label: Date made
content: 1770 - 1790
label: date made
content: c. 1770
notes: label: Description
content: Disassembled waistcoat of off-white silk taffeta, with fronts connected by neckband, and back missing; chain-stitched embroidered border in stylized repeat motif of twisted purple ribbon, and pink and green flowers, and double row of coral stitching along outside margin; eleven flat self-covered embroidered buttons; two double-scalloped, embroidered pocket flaps; mid-length skirt is cut with center front hem corners tapering back below lowest button, and flared points at side base; vestiges of white linen lining remain at center fronts; pocket flaps faced with white linen; coarse linen interlining is exposed.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Countess Graziella Righi-Battaglini
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0613.003
label: accession number
content: 1986.0613
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0613.003
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Waistcoat Fragment
label: Other Terms
content: Waistcoat Fragment; Waistcoat; Upper Body; Main Dress; Male