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Cream; shawl collar and two pockets trimmed with cream silk braid; cream silk back and lining; four buttonholes for studs; buckle and strap at back.
waistcoats (garments)
stitching
silk (textile)
wool (textile)
Waistcoat
Waistcoat
1. Stamped on buckle: ""SOLIDE"" 2. Tailor's label: ""WHITAKER & CO.,/ 43, CONDUIT ST., LONDON, W./ AND AT 19, Castle Street, Liverpool/ 518 Fifth Avenue, New York./ T.N. Codman Esq. NO. 14091-20-4 06""
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Whitaker & Co. (Maker)
Solide (Manufacturer)
London, England; Paris, France
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.6749
New York state (United States)
Title WAISTCOAT Accession Number 1969.6783
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