Waistcoat
Category
Costume
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Cotton pique, cotton calico, jet buttons.
Measurements
460 x 390 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603099
Summary
A woman's waistcoat made from white cotton pique. The waistcoat is backed with white cotton calico, with piping on the front facings and one small hip pocket, lower left hand side. Internally the waistcoat is unlined, has a 6" boning strip on the lower portion of the left hand side front facing and fastens with 7 detachable black jet buttons, one missing.
Provenance
Gift of McDonald-Tyler
Marks and inscriptions
Inner seam, bottom left hand side: Handwritten on the inner bottom seam, left hand side "McDonald-Tyler". See associated photograph for further details.