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Man's Vestcirca 1790

Not on view
Woven silk waistcoat front panel in olive green with an allover ivory geometric and sprig pattern, a floral border with pink blooms, and a pictorial lower border depicting 18th-century figures near a castle
Woven textile fragment depicting two figures in 18th-century dress in a woodland setting; one in light blue with a feathered hat, another in a red coat, with green trees and brown tones throughout.
Woven textile fragment depicting two figures in 18th-century dress in a landscape; one in blue and yellow with a feathered hat, one in a red coat, set among green trees with a structure at left, rendered in fine tapestry weave with visible warp threads along the bottom edge.
Woven textile fragment with dark ground, depicting two figures in 18th-century dress in a landscape with a crenellated tower and trees; upper border features a rectangular panel with ribbons and foliage, flanked by repeated geometric motifs in white.
Woven silk textile fragment with a landscape scene on a gold ground; two figures in 18th-century dress stand beneath a tree near a stone tower, with a sewn rectangular panel of floral brocade at upper left and metal eyelets along the right edge.
Detail of a woven silk textile in olive green, with a repeating pattern of white rectangular lozenges and small sprigs at left, and a brocaded border of pink, white, and green floral sprays with fern-like leaves at right, trimmed with small fabric-covered buttons along the edge.
Title
Man's Vest
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1790
Medium
Silk satin with silk supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions
Center front length: 23 1/2 in. (59.69 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.2007.211.690
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles