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At-home Robe (Banyan) with Matching Waistcoat1720s

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Men's green silk banyan with all-over cream and blush floral and paisley pattern, displayed on a white mannequin with matching waistcoat, tan breeches, and crimson velvet cap
18th-century men's suit displayed on a white mannequin: green silk brocade coat and waistcoat with pink and cream floral pattern, paired with cream knee breeches trimmed with silver lace, and lace cuffs at the wrists.
Close-up detail of a woven or printed textile garment, green and cream ground with dense floral and paisley pattern in rust and cream tones, with small fabric-covered buttons along a center front closure.
Woven textile with a symmetrical repeat pattern on a deep green ground, featuring large oval medallions surrounded by scrolling vines, stylized flowers, and palm-like foliage in cream, burgundy, and brown.
Woven textile fragment with a symmetrical floral and botanical pattern in cream and red on a deep green ground, featuring a large central bloom, radiating leaves, and a trefoil cartouche at the lower center.
Woven silk brocade textile in deep green with an ivory, cream, and rust symmetrical floral pattern featuring a central cartouche of layered botanical motifs surrounded by large leaves, flowers, and foliage.
Title
At-home Robe (Banyan) with Matching Waistcoat
Place Made
France
Date Made
1720s
Medium
Silk satin with silk supplementary-weft patterning bound in twill (lampas)
Dimensions
a) Robe center back length: 29 1/4 in. (74.3 cm); b) Waistcoat center back length: 55 3/4 in. (141.61 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.2010.90a-b
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.