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Vest Detail

FIDM MUSEUM & GALLERIES

FIDM MUSEUM & GALLERIES
Los Angeles, United States

Vest: Man's off-white cotton damask waistcoat with domino/dice motif in blue and cream; cream ground of unbalanced plain-weave with pebbled appearance (barathea); dice motifs of novelty weave, arranged in groups of three with blue supplementary wool threads forming dots; sleeveless with deeply curving armscyes; narrow notched collar of same fabric, five glass/mother-of-pearl button center front closure; four slightly angled welt pockets with one inch upstanding welt; one inch slits at side seams; hem angles downward to points at each side of center front with a triangular notch at center front; shoulder seam at top of shoulder; back of off-white unbleached cotton; center back seam; belt of same fabric stitched at sides of back; proper left belt extends four and one-half inches from back with gold tone two-pronged buckle secured by single button closure; propert right belt extends five and one-quarter inches; back hem angles upward at center back; one and three-fourths inch turned-up hem; center front lined in unbleached cotton plain-weave with damask fabric facing.
Label: "PATENT 1855" embossed on front of buckle.
Date: 1855-1865

Watch Fob: Long hairwork vest chain of black horsehair and horn charm; woven black hair of a twisted design in three sections; two larger sections separated by gold-colored molded metal separator with subtle engravings; gold-colored metal fasteners at both ends of longer section; smaller portion of woven hair has same gold-colored metal fasteners at both ends; attached to larger portion of chain by linked rings; opposite end connects to gold-colored metal horn charm by two links of rings; floral engravings on horn charm.
Label: none
Date: 1850-1870

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  • Title: Vest Detail
  • Date Created: 1855/1865
  • Location Created: United States
  • Physical Dimensions: Vest CB: 17 ¼″ Watch Fob L: 18 ¼″
  • Provenance: Vest: Gift of the Napa County Historical Society Watch Fob: Gift of Andrea Tice in Memory of Carmelita Johnson
  • Type: Vest, Watch Fob
  • Rights: © FIDM Museum & Library, Inc. Image made available for limited non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, or for fair use as defined in the United States copyright laws. Users must cite the author and source of the image as they would material from any printed work, and the citations should include the URL “www.fidmmuseum.org”. For publication or press requests, visit http://www.fidmmuseum.org/about/rights-and-reproductions/ or email imagerights@FIDMmuseum.org.
  • Medium: Vest: Cotton brocade & mother-of-pearl Watch Fob: Horsehair & metal
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