Jacket

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Jacket

Entry/Object ID

1959.18.3

Description

Grey silk cape-style jacket. The jacket fits very loosely with the sleeves sewn to the body from the armscye to the hem. The cuffs and hem are decorated with chenille fringe. The jacket opens at the center front and secures with a hook and eye at the neckline.

Context

Worn by Lottie E. Smith of Standish, ME, at her marriage to Edward F. Willey of Newmarket, NH, in Concord, VT, June 12, 1882.

Acquisition

Accession

1959.18

Source or Donor

Leach, Catherine C.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Jacket

Clothing Sex

Female

Made/Created

Date made

1882

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cape

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Outerwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Frye, Lottie E. Smith (1865-1949)

Related Places

Place

Town

Concord

County

Essex County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America