Waistcoat

Clothes for Men

Inventory number
2022.10.28.3.CM.WT.C1755.FR
Description
Waistcoat in blue silk brocade, with a round neckline and basques that reach the top of the thighs. It has pockets, whose flap is scalloped, at the hips, accompanied by three buttons with metallic decoration, two on the ends of the flaps and one under the central point, ten buttons on the left and their buttonhole on the right. It is decorated with a drum of silk adorned with garlands of blooming flowers, buttons and isolated flowers in silk and silver thread. Its back is in beige wool twill and linen. It is lined with beige silk twill.
Materials
Silk brocade
Embroidery thread
Silver thread
Silk serge
Wool serge
Linen canvas
Origin
circa 1755 France