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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.89.217.1
Collection
Wheatland
Description
Part of a four-piece dress. Jacket: Short sleeves with cuffs. Dark blue velvet fully-lined in cream-colored silk with batting between two fabrics. 2 small leather-lined pockets on left inside. Hand-stiched strip on linging at lower edge right front. 3 hooks and thread-covered eyes at waist front. Parallel lines of sticthing on body at sleeve openings and at waist and on 3 bands around neck as well as front and silk at opening. Blue velvet strips have buttons in back and at tabbed ends on front. 4 tabbed front closure peices have buttons. Machine and hand-stitching.
Year Range From
1870
Year Range To
1890
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 5
Storage Cabinet
Unit 39
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
Subcategory
Clothing -- Outerwear
Subject
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Search Terms
Wheatland
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Jacket
Material
Velvet
Length (in)
15.5
Width (in)
18
Dimension Details
13 inch long (not full length) sleeves with 1 1/2 inch turned up cuffs.
Shoulder to waist: 18 inches
Back neck to back waist: 15.5 inches
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2022-01-12
Condition Notes
Silk separating on left front near leather pockets and at underarms.
Wear at sleeve edges
Some spots
Object ID
W.89.217.1
Notes
Lining of jacket is shredding. Bodice condition is poor: Sleeves removed, buttons missing, waist is cut.
Updated by CMR on 05/23/2016
Accession Number
W.89.217
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