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Man's Waistcoatcirca 1730

Not on view
Silk brocade men's waistcoat in coral-rose pink with allover silver-white floral and botanical woven pattern, fitted silhouette, and a row of small silver buttons down the center front
Close-up of a man's waistcoat in rose-pink silk brocade with large-scale silver floral and foliate woven pattern, featuring a row of small silver passementerie buttons along the center front.
Detail of a silk brocade coat in rose pink with large woven silver floral motifs; buttonhole trim and pocket flap with small metal buttons visible at center.
Close-up of a men's waistcoat front in pink silk brocade with large-scale silver and ivory woven floral and botanical motifs, edged with a row of small embossed silver buttons.
Silk brocade textile with large ivory and silver floral clusters on a crimson red ground, featuring densely woven peony-like blooms with detailed petal texturing, surrounded by scrolling foliage in a damask-style pattern.
Woven textile fragment with a large-scale floral and leaf pattern in coral red and silver-gray, with raised figural weave creating textural contrast between lustrous and matte areas.
Close-up of a woven textile with a coral-red ground and small allover geometric pattern, featuring large silver-gray figural or floral motifs in satin weave with visible fraying threads at the edges.
Title
Man's Waistcoat
Place Made
Italy or France
Date Made
circa 1730
Medium
Silk twill and plain weave (gros de tours) with silk- and metallic-thread discontinuous supplementary-weft patterning bound in twill (lampas)
Dimensions
Center back length: 31 3/4 in. (80.645 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne
Accession Number
M.2007.211.794
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Edwards, Lydia. How to Read a Suit: A Guide to Changing Men's Fashion from the 17th to the 20th Century. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.