waistcoat
date: label: Date made
content: 1785-1810
label: date made
content: 1800-1820
name: label: wearer
content: Gansevoort, Peter
notes: label: Description
content: Natural-colored cotton (?) waistcoat, woven with tone-on-tone satin stripes; turn-down stand collar; 12 flat self-covered buttons, beginning several inches below the neck edge; gently curved hemline, with center front corners truncated below the lowest button; two wide, barely crescentic waist pocket welts; center front edges are self-faced; fully lined and backed in natural linen; three pairs of ties at center back; 4.75" notch at center back hem.
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.012817
label: accession number
content: 53757
label: catalog number
content: 012817
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Waistcoat
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: center back: 29 in; 73.66 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall length, sh seam/cf hem: 71 cm; 27 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: shoulder straps: 9 cm; x 3 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: collar, total height, stand plus fall: 7.2 cm; 2 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: neck opening, neck edge/top button: 9.8 cm; 3 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: buttons, diameter: 1.3 cm; x 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: buttons, span: 38.5 cm; 15 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: lowest button, above base: 8 cm; 3 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: waist pocket welts: 3 cm x 18.5 cm; 1 3/16 in x 7 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: waist pockets, depth: 15 cm; x 5 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: waist pocket welts, above base: 17 cm; 6 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: center back (including collar): 29 in; 73.66 cm