Object Record
Metadata
Accession # |
1952X.52.1 |
Item Name |
Waistcoat |
Description |
Man's gold coloured silk waistcoat with small blue embroidered flowers on it. Wide turned-down collar tapers at the front middle where the vest fastens via four matching silk covered buttons. Two small pockets; one on each side of the front. The back is bronze coloured silk and tightens at the waistline via two silk tape ties. Handwritten in ink on the interior rear: "J.T. Gilkison / Glasow January 1836". |
Date |
1836 EQUALS |
Provenance |
Waistcoat was worn by Col. Jasper Gilkison, the founder of Elora in 1836. |
Person \ Organization |
Gilkison, Jasper |
Place |
Elora |