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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2022.376
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Waistcoat
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
c. 1839
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/376946

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk brocade; linen lining; taffeta fitted back panel
Dimensions
52.5 × 39.2 cm (20 11/16 × 15 7/16 in.)
armhole from shoulder fold to underarm seam: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: cloth label inside proper left vent, inscribed in brown ink: Alfred Greenough. / Boston.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Alfred Greenough, Sr (1809-1851), bequest; to his son, Alfred Greenough, Jr. (1844-1884), bequest; through family relations and descent to donor's great grandmother, Harriet Parker Reynolds, his grandmother Dorothea Jordan Reynolds, and his mother, Dorothea Reynolds Hanson, bequest; to John Hanson, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2022

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John Hanson, Class of 1980, in memory of Dorothea Jordan Reynolds and Dorothea Reynolds Hanson, Class of 1951
Accession Year
2022
Object Number
2022.376
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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