Waistcoat
Clothes for Men
Inventory number
2023.7.10.21.CM.WT.C1850.FR
Description
Ivory waistcoat lined with pink silk and embellished with blue and pink flowers. Stems and roots line the rim of the vest as well as the pockets and button line. At the top are two collar flaps, instead of a mockneck collar.
The original 18th century vest was transformed in the 1850s.
Materials
Cotton
Linen
Embroidery
Origin
circa 1850
France