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Uncut Panels for Man’s Vestcirca 1855

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Textile fragments of a garment's front panels and trim strips, featuring diagonal red and multicolor geometric woven stripes on a cream ground fabric
Textile fragment mounted on cream-colored backing cloth, featuring diagonal multicolored stripes in red, black, blue, yellow, and green with repeating small geometric motifs. A separate narrow woven band below displays diamond-shaped patterns in red, blue, and yellow on a dark ground. Edges of the main fragment are irregular and frayed.
Embroidered textile panel with diagonal stripes in red, black, and yellow, alternating with bands of blue and white needlework geometric motifs; upper corner folded back to reveal plain woven reverse; small rectangular embroidered floral medallion near lower center.
Textile fragment with dense woven pattern of diagonal stripes in deep red, black, and yellow, filled with repeating curvilinear motifs in blue, green, pink, and white; frayed right edge reveals reverse side and loose threads against plain undyed cloth.
Title
Uncut Panels for Man’s Vest
Place Made
England
Date Made
circa 1855
Medium
Cotton canvas with wool and silk embroidery (Berlin work)
Dimensions
Overall (Left Panel): 21 1/2 × 13 in. (54.61 × 33.02 cm) Overall (Right Panel): 21 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (54.61 × 34.29 cm) Overall (Unfinished Welt): 3 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (8.89 × 26.04 cm) Overall (Finished Welt): 6 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (16.51 × 2.86 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.2007.211.824a-d
Classification
Textiles
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.