Costume, Waistcoat - Cream Brocade Wedding Vest | A. Hover | American
1851 (Date manufactured/created)
1840s
1850s (Date manufactured/created)
1840s
1850s (Date manufactured/created)
Fabric (Cotton), Fabric (Silk)
A waistcoat in cream silk brocade, with back panels made from copper-colored cotton twill, and wholly lined with white cotton. The front panels are heavily padded. It closes center front with 7 round self-covered buttons. The neckline is moderately high and the shawl lapels are lined with twill. There are three pockets. A top stitched, welted watch pocket is positioned at the right breast. Two additional welted pockets are positioned below.
Inside the front is the maker's stamp: "A. Hover, Maker, Astor House, 5 Vesey St. NY." This informs us that the waistcoat was sold and perhaps made in a basement shop below the first floor of the fashionable hotel Astor House.
Condition: good; slight discoloration. OL 21 1/2" ( center back )
Sources:
A Genealogy of the lineal descendants of John Steevens: https://archive.org/details/genealogyoflinea00inholm/page/133/mode/2up?q=%22Henry+Chittenden%22
Seebeck: Hero or Villan? :https://www.upss.org/images/articles/Seebeck%20Hero%20or%20Villain%202nd%20edition%20October%2031%202018%20%20two-up.pdf
Inside the front is the maker's stamp: "A. Hover, Maker, Astor House, 5 Vesey St. NY." This informs us that the waistcoat was sold and perhaps made in a basement shop below the first floor of the fashionable hotel Astor House.
Condition: good; slight discoloration. OL 21 1/2" ( center back )
Sources:
A Genealogy of the lineal descendants of John Steevens: https://archive.org/details/genealogyoflinea00inholm/page/133/mode/2up?q=%22Henry+Chittenden%22
Seebeck: Hero or Villan? :https://www.upss.org/images/articles/Seebeck%20Hero%20or%20Villain%202nd%20edition%20October%2031%202018%20%20two-up.pdf
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