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Man’s wedding vest, white silk faille, 1867, front view
Man’s wedding vest, white silk faille, 1867, front view
Man’s wedding vest, white silk faille, 1867, thread count

Man’s wedding vest, white silk faille, 1867, front view

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Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection

1867. Man’s wedding vest of white silk faille.
The vest is made with four pieces: two front panels of white silk faille and two back panels of white cotton with a center-back seam. At the hem the fron..

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1867. Man’s wedding vest of white silk faille.
The vest is made with four pieces: two front panels of white silk faille and two back panels of white cotton with a center-back seam. At the hem the front is cut straight across at the waist, and in back the panels have a vent 3.8 cm / 1.5 in. high at the seam. The vest is single-breasted with front openings measuring 15.2 cm / 6 in. high. There are three flat buttons covered with the faille at the opening. The vest has a deep V in front measuring 41.9 cm / 16.5 in. from the shoulder seam to the top of the front opening, finished with a shawl collar 8.3 cm / 3.25 in. at widest. There are two pockets on the left side and one on the right. The vest can be adjusted with a belt sewn in at the side seams in back. The entire vest is lined with a white polished cotton, with padding between the silk and the lining at the chest. Machine-sewn and hand-sewn.

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The Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection digital catalog was produced by the UNH Library Digital Collection Initiative, supported in part by a grant from the Mooseplate program and New Hampshire..

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The Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection digital catalog was produced by the UNH Library Digital Collection Initiative, supported in part by a grant from the Mooseplate program and New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Additional funding provided by the E. Ruth Buxton Stephenson Memorial Fund.

Photography copyright, Astrida Schaeffer.

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Astrida Schaeffer, photographer/curator

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Chest: 97.8 cm / 38.5 in.

Hem: 90.2 cm / 35.5 in.

Side seam: 26.0 cm / 10.25 in.

Back length: 50.8 cm / 20 in.

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Silk faille, cotton

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