Man's Waistcoat

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Man's Waistcoat

England, 1720-1735
Costumes; principal attire (upper body)
Linen plain weave with silk and metallic-thread embroidery, and metallic-thread covered buttons
Center back length: 36 in. (91.44 cm)
Costume Council Fund (M.63.54.2)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.
  • Blanco F., José and Mary D. Doering, eds. Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe, vol. 1, Pre-Colonial Times Through the American Revolution. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016.