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Waistcoat

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Partly hand and machine-stitched waistcoat made of extensively altered, printed medium silk-cotton. The print is of a striped beige background with fine brown dots. Collarless. Flared bottom to hang below to mid-thigh. 2 pocket flaps are placed low in the front and they are padded to give a rounded profile. 9 modern buttons and 4 buttonholes reworked in the back from a new brown cotton with an adjustable back buckle.

2010.013.05

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Adult, Male

Historic Costume

Waistcoat

Male

Cotton

Brown

1750 - 1780

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