Vest

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Vest

Entry/Object ID

CW 664

Description

Vest. Man's vest. Long brown silk veston (waistcoat with short shirt); lower front extends back to short skirt with slits; simulated belt covers top of front pockets. Good condition for its age. A few mends. Worn by John Johnson, 1790. Shown: Costume Museum, May 1960 to December 1960. Pattern and photographs in Rural Pennsylvania Clothing by Ellen J. Gehret, pp. 133-145. See also: Historic Dress in America by Elisabeth McClellan, Figure 312 (with coat (#CW 662) and breeches #CW 663) Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania