Jacket

Object/Artifact

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Saco Museum

Name/Title

Jacket

Entry/Object ID

2004.6.1

Description

Burgundy velvet jacket. Double-breasted (in a V shape) above the waist, four single buttons below. Painted metal buttons. Flares out below the waist and probably fell to the upper thigh; hem is slightly longer in the back. The back was originally decorated with two floral tassels, one now missing.

Context

Wedding jacket worn by Beatrice Gagnon Roy's grandmother, Josephine Chartier Dubois Lafargne.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1901

Dimensions

Length

29 in

Dimension Notes

From top of folded collar to back hem.

Material

velvet