1830 Man's Vest and Trousers
Description
Off-white cotton vest with brown abstract and floral pattern on fronts, 7 mother-of-pearl buttons with metal centers and shanks; shawl collar, front welt pockets, and two sets of ties in the back; hand stitched; center fronts of vest on bias grain.Hand sewn tan linen pants, 2/1 twill with button fly front; four white glass suspender buttons sewn to top of waistband in front; two top of the waistband in the back; shaped continental pockets front left and right; coin pocket on right side above continental pocket; long rise, five button button-fly closure at center front with additional button on front waistband to secure closure. Pants back have no waistband and rise in a curve above waistline from sides to CB, curving downward to create curved V" opening CB; two crotch gussets left and right back. Trouser legs are straight
Source
HCT.2003.4.14 and 2001.12.14
Relation
Additional fiber images and information available at the CAMEO Materials Database at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
Fiber/Fabric Information
Pants are made of flax with a waist lining and pocket linings made of cotton. Constructed with cotton sewing thread.
Decade
1830-1839
Files
Collection
Citation
“1830 Man's Vest and Trousers,” Fashion2Fiber, accessed December 12, 2024, https://fashion2fiber.osu.edu/items/show/4865.