Name/Title
Man's cream colored silk brocade vest of W. W. Chipman, 1850sEntry/Object ID
1986.51.57Description
Acc. No. 86.51.57
Subject Category: Clothing
Date or Period: 1850’s
Object: Vest
Description:
Man's cream colored silk (flowered design) brocade vest with self faced buttons. Waist lacing on back. Stiffening at vest opening of brown colored kid. Hand made. Appears to predate the invention of the sewing machine.
History of Object: worn by W. W. Chipman when he married Caroline McLean.
Acquired from:
Roscoe & D'Arcy Hamilton
Date: 8-2 8-86Interpretative Labels
Label
5/3/2020 MvL: part of the Worthington-related items. Part of label that applies:
WILLIAM WORTHINGTON
CHIPMAN
Co-founder of the City of Alameda
- memorabilia -
[...portrait...
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Wedding vest worn by Wm. Chipman at his marriage to Caroline McLean, after whom Caroline Street is named.
William W. Chipman died in 1873.
