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Man's Uncut Waistcoatcirca 1760

Not on view
Cream silk satin textile panels laid flat, embroidered with scattered small red and green floral motifs and outlined with silvery lace edging and a trailing floral vine border
Embroidered textile on cream silk, featuring a winding ribbon-like path in gray satin stitch edged with green and cream chain stitch, flanked by small floral and botanical motifs in pink, green, and yellow thread.
Close-up of a textile fragment in cream and pale green striped silk with whipstitched edges, a small dark metal ring-and-hook fastener attached at the corner.
Detail of a textile object in cream linen with green-striped silk edging, secured by a small lead seal stamped with the letters 'LAVA' and a fleur-de-lis, attached via a looped wire.
Detail of embroidered silk textile in ivory, with scattered floral sprigs above a continuous vine border featuring pink tulips, green leaves, and blue and yellow small blooms; lower edge finished with a wavy band and fine beaded trim.
Embroidered textile panel in ivory silk with a scalloped edge outlined in lavender, featuring a central vertical garland of pink roses and green leaves, with scattered small floral sprigs and a pale blue ribbon bow at center.
Detail of silk textile with embroidered floral garland; pink roses worked in concentric coils of thread with green leaves and stems on a cream satin ground, with scattered buds throughout.
Title
Man's Uncut Waistcoat
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1760
Medium
Silk satin with silk embroidery
Dimensions
Overall: 42 1/4 x 21 3/4 in. (107.315 x 55.245 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.2007.211.814
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.