Cotton jacket and shirt

Object/Artifact

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Cotton jacket and shirt

Entry/Object ID

1329

Description

Jacket - 1329a - is light cotton material which was once probably white but is now yellowed. Shoulders, back and end of sleeves are decorated with crosshatched satin ribbon. Gathered at midpoint down to waist and stitched with pleats. Pleats stitched into sleeves. Skirt - 1329b - is same material as jacket. Pleats stitched into front about three-fourths down. Four pieces of material are sewn and gathered on sides to all the way around to form a short train. Extra band of material - 1329c.

Acquisition

Accession

234

Source or Donor

Hardesty, Mary Nelson Macoughtry (Mrs. Robert Hardesty)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1840 - circa 1880

Material

Cotton