Collection Highlights
Speech of His Excellency George Washington, Esq; president of the United States of America, delivered to the Honorable the Congress
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1789.39
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Jacket
Object Number:
Z.3078
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Wool, linen, cotton, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 19 x 26 in. ( 6.4 x 48.3 x 66 cm )
Marks:
handwritten: inside, top of back lining: "C, 57"
Description:
Dark blue wool jacket from New York's 9th Hawkin's Zouave uniform; open jacket front curves at the bottom edges, red lacing is S-design on each side; open sleeves with hook and eye closure (no cuffs); red lacing around outer edges, at wrists, and red piping around sleeve shoulder seam; back in one wide panel with 2 narow panels, narrow panels split at the bottom center; lined with white linen, left pocket inside lining at the bottom.
Gallery Label:
This jacket is part of a uniform worn by a member of New York's 9th Volunteers, known as Hawkin's Zouaves.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
