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Man's Vest1790s

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Man's silk waistcoat in striped aubergine purple with sage green embroidered trim and oval pastoral embroidery medallions on the pocket flaps
Detail of an 18th-century silk waistcoat front, brown and purple vertical stripes with green brocade trim, two pocket flaps embroidered with floral sprays framing small oval painted figural scenes.
Detail of an 18th-century silk coat front, purple and brown striped fabric with two pocket flaps trimmed in green brocade and gold lace, each featuring an oval embroidered or painted panel depicting pastoral figural scenes with floral embroidery surrounds
Embroidered textile panel with a central oval medallion depicting a painted pastoral scene of figures around a fire, framed by rows of metallic beads and teal thread swags, with white silk ribbon flowers on a brown and purple striped ground, bordered by green brocade ribbon.
Embroidered textile with horizontal decorative bands; central woven panel depicts classical figures in a garden scene with a putto, framed above and below by rows of dark beads, silk ribbon embroidery with white floral motifs, and green brocade with botanical pattern at bottom.
Embroidered textile panel featuring a central oval silk print of a reclining female figure surrounded by putti and sea creatures, bordered by rows of steel beads, white silk ribbon bows, and teal thread swags on a striped brown silk ground.
Title
Man's Vest
Place Made
Europe
Date Made
1790s
Medium
Silk plain weave with supplementary-weft patterning and warp satin stripes, with silk- and metallic-thread embroidery, metal beads, silk satin, printed and painted, appliqué, and silk brocade ribbon trim
Dimensions
Center back length: 23 1/4 in. (59.055 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.2007.211.695
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles