Pants and Vest

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Pants and Vest

Entry/Object ID

NU 2021.252.1-2

Description

A pair of matching linen pants and vest. The pants are beige in color, and has two front pockets, two back pockets, and one small watch pocket in the very front. There are four belt loops around the waist, as well as two straps that connect with a metal buckle in the back of the pants. There are white buttons along the top of the pants, on the inside. The button-fly closes with four white buttons as well, and at the top of the fly is a brass hook. The vest is also beige in color, and has two pockets on each side of the vest, with one stacked above the other. The vest closes in the front with five light brown buttons. There is a strap along the lower back of the vest, that tightens with a metal buckle.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Pants, Vest

Clothing Sex

Male

Textile Details

Material

Linen

Color

Beige, White, Gold, Brown

Made/Created

Date made

1900 - 1910

Time Period

20th Century

Label/Inscription/Signature

Type

Inscription

Location

On the skinny portion of the brass hook of the pants

Transcription

PAT.AUG.11.96

Language

English

Material/Technique

Etched

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pants

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Vest

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

11A

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

11B

Dimensions

Width

14-1/2 in

Length

48-3/8 in

Dimension Notes

For the pants; measurements taken while lying flat.

Width

17-1/2 in

Length

24-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

For the vest; measurements taken while lying flat.

Condition

Overall Condition

Good