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Man's Vestcirca 1800

Not on view
Cream silk or linen sleeveless waistcoat embroidered allover with botanical sprigs of berries and leaves in sage green and charcoal, displayed on a metal hanger
Title
Man's Vest
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1800
Medium
Linen plain weave with supplementary-warp patterning, with silk- and metallic-thread embroidery
Dimensions
Length (Center back length): 23 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Emma Hardy Hill
Accession Number
57.39
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.

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