Vest

Object/Artifact

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Perth Museum

Men's vest: Black wool men's vest (front)
Men's vest

Black wool men's vest (front)

Name/Title

Vest

Entry/Object ID

000.10.1

Description

FRONT of VEST: The front is made of wool. Has two pockets on the front, one on the right and one on the left. The pockets slant upwards. There are 3 buttons on it. Buttons are round and are a lighter black. The buttons are sat in. There is a collar that goes from the top to where the first button is at the bottom. The collar curves at the end like a half circle. The bottom of the vest goes into a V shape, pointed where the buttons are. The buttons have metal on the back of them, with a single hoop to sew it on with. Below the left pocket on the right side of it the fabric is fading. There are three little holes on the bottom left hand side. There is black thread used all through the vest. BACK of VEST: The back is made out of satin. There is a tear at the bottom down the middle of the vest. The tear is fraying in some parts. The fabric has a horizontal pattern on it like this " IIIII ". There are two pieces of fabric at the bottom that are rectangular. Are there for design. Down the middle of the vest there is a piece of satin fabric that has no pattern on it, it is like this " () " going down it. THE INSIDE: The inside is a tan color. Made out of some type of soft fabric. Down the middle there is some fabric that is white and has dimond shaped patterns all over it. It is folded with the solid black satin on the other side of it.

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Front of Vest: collar 3.5cm top, bottom 5cm, bottom of vest 25.5cm, top vest 13.5cm, arm hole 10.5cm, waist 19.5cm, 58 long. Back of Vest: shoulders 31.5, 32.5 back, 46.5 bottom, 44.5 length.

Material

Wool, Satin