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Man's Waistcoatcirca 1760

Not on view
Ivory silk damask waistcoat with allover floral weave pattern, a row of small round buttons down the center front, and two welt pockets at the hip
Flat lay of a white embroidered textile garment with dense raised floral and foliate patterns worked entirely in white thread, with two small fabric-covered buttons at the left edge.
Detail of a white quilted textile with densely stitched floral and foliate patterns, curved hem with scalloped edge, and small fabric-covered buttons along the right side.
Detail of white textile with dense raised embroidery in a floral and leaf pattern, with a row of small woven fabric buttons along the right edge.
Close-up of a white textile artwork with raised three-dimensional spherical forms and embossed curvilinear surface patterns, visible woven texture on the protruding rounded element against a gray background.
Detail of a white quilted linen coat, showing dense floral and foliate quilting patterns on the front panel and skirt, with a row of small fabric-covered buttons along the center front edge.
Title
Man's Waistcoat
Place Made
Possibly England
Date Made
circa 1760
Medium
Cotton plain weave with cotton corded quilting
Dimensions
Center back length: 27 in. (68.58 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.2007.211.813
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.
  • 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.