Jacket

Object Name:

Jacket

Object ID:

1994.057.06

Place of Origin:

Hebron NH

Date:

1860-1869

Description:

Jacket, bolero-style. Black silk with black and brown ruffle trim, black piping around tops of sleeves. Sleeves lined with tan glazed cotton. Front rounded and open. Back in three pieces, side pieces with curved seams that meet armhole below shoulder, center piece narrows considerably toward waist. Back waist comes to a point and is longer than front waist. Sloping shoulders, elbows built into sleeves. Sleeves constructed differently from one another, inner seams are different. Hand stitched.

Material:

Textile
Silk
Cotton

Dimensions:

L-19 inches

Provenance:

All of the clothing in this accession (1994.57.1-.16) comes from the donor's family's farm in Hebron, NH. She believes that this material was worn by her grandmother and her grand aunts. Her grandmother was Elizabeth Graves Walker Keyes (1860-1943). The clothing came out of an attic with no light at the Hebron farm.

Credit Line:

Gift of Eva Geraghty

People:

Keyes, Elizabeth G. (1860-1943)