waistcoat
date: label: Date made
content: 1780-1790
name: label: purchased from
content: Ginsburg, Cora
label: worn by
content: Palmer, Noyes
notes: label: Description
content: Off-white ground of twill weave, printed with small diagonal geometric figures of brown, some with red centers; band collar; CF opening, fastens with 12 covered buttons and 12 long, sewn buttonholes, those at the top slanting slightly upwards; bound pockets, R & LF; six narrow tape ties attached at R & LB, 3 down one side and 3 down the other; lined in off-white linen; measures 22.5" down CB.
label: Description
content: Form a set with breeches (1989.0428.005) The waistcoat has received considerably more wear (and extensive laundering) so the design is much more faded. The waistcoat would have been more fashionable than the other items in 1783 when Noyes Palmes (1732-1783) died. Perhaps his son, Noyes Palmer (1754-1807) wore it. Perhaps the effect of the waistcoat and breeches together was too startling for Noyes Palmer (1754-1807) to wear and, as a result, he wore the waistcoat more often than the breeches. After 1783 it was also more fashionable to wear coat, waistcoat, and breeches each made of different fabrics.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From Cora Ginsburg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0428.006
label: accession number
content: 1989.0428
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Waistcoat
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
label: Object Type
content: Waistcoat
label: Object Type
content: male
label: Object Type
content: Upper Body