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Collections

Man's Vestcirca 1855

Not on view
Tailored waistcoat on a dark mannequin torso, black velvet with allover lavender and rose paisley pattern and vertical cream brocade trim strips
Close-up detail of a woven textile trim or ribbon with paisley patterns in blue, crimson, and beige, applied diagonally across black velvet fabric.
Close-up detail of a black velvet jacket front, with woven or embroidered paisley motifs in silver, red, and blue running along the lapels and center front, with a small fabric-covered button at center.
Title
Man's Vest
Place Made
England
Date Made
circa 1855
Medium
Silk cut and voided velvet on satin foundation with supplementary weft-float patterning
Dimensions
Center back length: 20 1/4 in. (51.435 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.2007.211.821
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.