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Man's Sleeved Waistcoatcirca 1740

Not on view
Powder-blue silk frock coat on a display form, covered in tone-on-tone embroidery of birds and flowering branches, with a column of small buttons at the center front
Pale blue silk waistcoat front, densely embroidered with scrolling floral and foliate motifs in matching thread, edged with a vertical row of small fabric-covered buttons.
Detail of a pale blue silk garment with dense tone-on-tone embroidery depicting scrolling floral and foliate motifs, edged with a row of small fabric-covered buttons along the curved front opening.
Detail of a silk garment with tone-on-tone blue silk embroidery depicting a dense pattern of stylized flowers, leaves, and scrolling vines, with a vertical row of silver metal buttons along the right edge.
Close-up of blue silk embroidery featuring scrolling floral and leaf motifs, with raised satin-stitch petals and stems against a plain woven ground in matching blue.
Title
Man's Sleeved Waistcoat
Place Made
China for the Western market
Date Made
circa 1740
Medium
Silk plain weave (faille) with silk embroidery
Dimensions
Center back length: 32 3/4 in. (83.185 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.2007.211.811
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.