waistcoat fragments
date: label: Date made
content: 1770 - 1799
notes: label: Description
content: Two disassembled foreparts of off-white silk taffeta, embroidered à disposition with multicolored chain stitch floral garland; motifs on and below the two double-scallop pocket flaps depict drum, spear, banners, and torch; dog?, sword, and banner are at base, directly below pocket flaps; small sprigs are scattered evenly over the ground; eleven buttonholes, beginning about 4" below neckline; some of the four remaining self-covered flat buttons embroidered with sprigs are placed above the level of the buttonholes, on the opposite forepart; medium-short skirt with blunted center front corners at base; pocket flaps are faced with black velvet; left forepart has fragment of linen lining along center front.
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 Amy Pleadwell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.252112.010
label: catalog number
content: 252112.010
label: accession number
content: 252112
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Waistcoat Fragments
label: Other Terms
content: Waistcoat Fragments; Upper Body; Main Dress; Male