As far as I am aware, a waistcoat was a 'coat cut to the
waist' i.e. a jacket. It would usually have sleeves but sometimes
removable sleeves. These were worn by both men and women.
Jill
(who does 17th century living history, usually chopping onions, lots
and lots of onions but sometimes making butter) :-D
At 21:09 06/01/2011, you wrote:
Hi all,
I've been reading through the old Plymouth Plantation embroidery
blog for their
reproduction embroidered jacket, and they were talking about waistcoats and
jackets, but in a way that made them seem interchangeable. I've
tried googling
their blog directly to see if they explain anywhere what the differences or
similarities are, but all I found was one article that mention jackets, while
the links themselves mention 3 waistcoats and 1 jacket.
http://thistle-threads.com.mytempweb.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/new-jackets-to-view/
There was an earlier article where they said that the women would wear their
smocks, petticoats and stays while indoors, but would not leave their homes
without wearing a waistcoat or a jacket.
I had thought waistcoats were like vests, but this is a time period
that is new
to me so I am not sure what they meant by waistcoat.
Would anyone here be able to explain what the differences are, if any?
Thank you,
Kimiko
Kimiko Small
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