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Man's Waistcoatcirca 1795

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Museum display of an 18th-century men's formal suit on a white mannequin: forest green coat with dense floral and scrolling embroidery in ivory, gold, and pink, dark brown knee breeches, and buckled black shoes
18th-century men's court ensemble displayed on a white mannequin: dark green silk coat and matching waistcoat with elaborate embroidered borders of flowers and scrolling foliage in white, gold, and pale green; dark knee breeches; white gloves; black buckled shoes.
Close-up detail of 18th-century embroidered silk coat, cream silk ground densely embroidered with botanical motifs in green, rust, and gold thread; striped dark green velvet facing at left with circular covered buttons.
Close-up detail of silk embroidery on a pale silver-gray garment, featuring densely stitched botanical motifs including clover leaves, wheat sheaves, and foliage in green, rust, and metallic gold thread, with a braided trim along the front edge.
Close-up detail of silk embroidery on a pale gray ground, featuring radiating satin-stitch leaves in green, rust, and metallic thread, with a braided metallic border along the upper edge.
Close-up of silk embroidery on pale gray fabric, featuring dense floral and botanical motifs in green, orange, and rust-brown silk thread with metallic gold and silver couching; a small circular medallion at left encloses an embroidered insect.
Detail of cream silk textile with dense embroidery in green, orange, and gold thread; scattered floral and leaf motifs across the ground, with a pocket opening trimmed by a twisted metallic cord border enclosing a dense spray of flowers and foliage.
Detail of an 18th-century embroidered coat, showing cream silk with dense floral embroidery in green, orange, and brown threads alongside a green striped velvet lapel with horizontal pin-tuck texture; small round embroidered buttons visible along the front edge.
Detail of an 18th-century men's court coat and waistcoat on a mannequin; dark green silk coat with dense polychrome embroidery of wheat sheaves, foliage, and scrolling acanthus in yellow, white, and green, edged with silver passementerie and circular medallion buttons; ivory silk waistcoat beneath with woven floral pattern including pink roses and green leaves.
Close-up of an embroidered waistcoat front, dark green ground densely worked with botanical motifs — flowers, ferns, and foliage in yellow, orange, pink, and green silk threads. Cream silk center front panel with embroidered sprigs and a vertical row of circular medallion buttons. Front edges trimmed with a border of padded circles and needle lace scalloping.
Detail of an 18th-century silk waistcoat, cream ground densely embroidered with botanical motifs in green, orange, and gold silk threads; twisted cord trim runs vertically along the center front closure with embroidered circular buttons; border features white padded roundels on a dark ground with lace trim.
Title
Man's Waistcoat
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1795
Medium
Silk satin, sequins, silk and metallic-thread embroidery
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.2007.211.1094
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles