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Man's Waistcoat1720-1735

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Embroidered parchment-colored coat laid flat, decorated with colorful floral motifs in orange, red, and green thread, with a row of dark round buttons down the front

Unknown, Man's Waistcoat, 1720-1735, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Man's Waistcoat
Place Made
England
Date Made
1720-1735
Medium
Linen plain weave with silk and metallic-thread embroidery, and metallic-thread covered buttons
Dimensions
Center back length: 36 in. (91.44 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.63.54.2
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.
  • Blanco F., José and Mary D. Doering, eds. Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe, vol. 1, Pre-Colonial Times Through the American Revolution. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016.

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