Identifyng a DB waistcoat

[AlmostDecapitatedByMyCollar]

the lining

button detail

handsown button with shank

cloth detail


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[AlmostDecapitatedByMyCollar]

When would this be made?


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[AlmostDecapitatedByMyCollar]

40's maybe


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[AlmostDecapitatedByMyCollar]

I bought it at Tommy Page's second hand shop in Amsterdam for 55 pounds

 

[AlmostDecapitatedByMyCollar]

60 euros is about 55 pounds

 

[Michael R.]

Looks like Corded Wool . Probably a good deal , I've got a Filson Corded Wool Western Vest . No idea who made your's . Maybe someone will know .

 

[AlmostDecapitatedByMyCollar]

Thanks


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[Dirk Wainscotting]

The buttonholes are clearly machine-made so I wouldn't be thinking too far back; like 30s or 40s. On European pieces of that vintage the buttonholes tend to be hand-sewn even on semi- machine-made pieces.

Waistcoats of many designs have been made and re-made throughout the years. They practically went out of fashion by the 50s and those still wearing them, or wearing them for special ensembles, were likely a bit flash (or fuddy-duddy) anyway and probably chose various designs to have made up. So it's not unusual to find a waistcoat that looks for all intents and purposes like something from the 1910s, but was made in the 50s or the even the 60s (dandy revival/swinging London and all that). In fact garments made in the 70s even turn up looking like 'old' designs, even with old-style 'proper' buttons, which were still being used then.

Dating is not accurate, It's not scientific.

 

[AlmostDecapitatedByMyCollar]

Thank you very much Dirk


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[ErWeSa]

Sorry for the late reply, just happened to see the thread. I think many of those double breasted waistcoats without lapels were made in the 1950ies. This seems to have been a trend at the time, even coats (=jackets) were made without lapels then.

 

[AlmostDecapitatedByMyCollar]

Sorry for the late reply, just happened to see the thread. I think many of those double breasted waistcoats without lapels were made in the 1950ies. This seems to have been a trend at the time, even coats (=jackets) were made without lapels then.

Thank you very much, but the lining looks IMO more like an art deco 30's / 40's lining


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[ErWeSa]

What about the buttons and the machine-sewn button holes? I don't know when sewing-machines that could sew button holes were introduced. I'm more with Dirk Wainscotting but - as certainly I'm not experienced enough - you may be right of course.

 

[AlmostDecapitatedByMyCollar]

What about the buttons and the machine-sewn button holes? I don't know when sewing-machines that could sew button holes were introduced. I'm more with Dirk Wainscotting but - as certainly I'm not experienced enough - you may be right of course.

Somewhere in the 1860's the first mechanical buttonholemachine was
invented.


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