Jacket

Object Name:

Jacket

Object ID:

1994.057.17

Place of Origin:

Hebron NH

Date:

1880-1900

Description:

Jacket. Bolero-style. Black wool lined with black cotton. Short jacket which ends at waist, slightly pointed at front center bottom edge. Sleeves puffed, turned up cuffs with castellated edge. Front and back flat pleats, also with same decorative castellation as cuffs. Neckline shaped like bottom half of a heart. Metal hooks and eyes down front closure. Machine stitched.

Material:

Textile
Wool
Cotton
Metal

Dimensions:

L-15 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)