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Man's Waistcoat1780s

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Cream silk men's waistcoat on a hanger, with multicolored floral embroidery along the front edges and geometric silver-gray embroidered borders at the hem

Unknown, Man's Waistcoat, 1780s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Hildegard Lindsay, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Man's Waistcoat
Place Made
France
Date Made
1780s
Medium
Silk satin with silk embroidery
Dimensions
Center back length: 23 1/4 in. (59.06 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Hildegard Lindsay
Accession Number
M.80.282.2
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.

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