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Man's Vestcirca 1850

Not on view
Close-up of a tailored garment in beige silk with an allover pattern of ivory raised floral motifs outlined in crimson red stitching, with buttonholes along the front opening
Detail of a silk waistcoat in cream and red, showing the lapel, button placket, and densely woven brocade pattern of stylized foliate medallions outlined in red against a ground of small scattered motifs.
Close-up of woven textile with a repeat pattern of lobed medallions in beige and silver, outlined in crimson red, on a warm taupe ground with voided velvet texture.
Close-up of a quilted textile garment in cream silk, densely covered with an allover pattern of stylized leaf or cloud forms outlined in red embroidery stitching, with a vertical seam and pocket edge visible at right.
Close-up of a woven textile with a cream and silver ground, featuring a repeating medallion pattern of stylized floral and foliate motifs in cut velvet and deep red supplementary weave.
Title
Man's Vest
Place Made
England
Date Made
circa 1850
Medium
Silk cut and voided velvet on twill foundation with supplementary weft-float patterning
Dimensions
Center back length: 19 in. (48.26 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.2007.211.820
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.