Collection Highlights
Twenty-third Street west of Sixth Avenue
Date:
1900
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Officer's dress waistcoat
Object Number:
INV.305b
Date:
1877-1900
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 20 1/4 x 22 3/8 in. ( 2.5 x 51.4 x 56.8 cm )
Marks:
stamped: reverse of each button: "H V ALLIEN / II NY"
Description:
Black Naval officer's dress waistcoat with lapels which are rounded at the bottom, no collar, 3 buttons at the stomach which are cast with an eagle clutching an anchor in its talons encircled by stars; the front is made of wool, the back is made of black silk, with 2 straps at the waist which buckle at the center onto rectangular buckle with double-tongued chape; lined with white twill-weave silk.
Gallery Label:
According to a note found with this waistcoat, it may have belonged to Eleazar Lord (1788-1871); however, the button markings indicate that it was made after 1877, the year Henry V. Allien went into business for himself.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
