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Collections

Man's Vest1830-1840

Not on view
Museum mannequin dressed in a complete early 19th-century men's riding ensemble: scarlet tailcoat with gold buttons, cream breeches, black tall hat, and knee-high boots with tan cuffs
Two mannequins displaying equestrian dress: left figure wears a red double-breasted tailcoat with gold buttons, white breeches, and tall black riding boots with tan cuffs topped by a black top hat; right figure wears a fitted dark navy riding habit with a long skirt, small bowler hat, white veil, and tan gloves.
Title
Man's Vest
Place Made
England
Date Made
1830-1840
Medium
Cotton twill weave (piqué)
Dimensions
Center back length: 20 in. (50.8 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.2007.211.1067
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.