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Collections

Vestcirca 1840

Not on view
Men's historical ensemble on a white mannequin: chocolate-brown tailcoat over a black and gold dotted waistcoat, pale gray trousers, butter-yellow bow tie, and black lace-up shoes
Title
Vest
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1840
Medium
Silk cut and uncut velvet
Dimensions
Center back length: 21 1/2 in. (54.61 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.2007.211.703
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako, Kaye Durland Spilker, and Clarrisa M. Esguerra. Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.