Waistcoat. Short silk vest, embroidered with longish (hoszugyon gy) black and golden beads. Edged with a serrated design, called “cakos”. Trimmed with velvet. The bottom stripe is 90mm wide. At the back there are several wooden buttons, clothed in silk. In front it fastens with the same sort of buttons. It is worn close to the body and is lined with white silk. (Purchased velvet, beads, silk). Width of back 280mm, width 930mm.
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