Waistcoat

Clothes for Men

Inventory number
2019.8.5.4.CM.WT.C1775.FR
Description
Ivory silk satin men's waistcoat, with a round neckline and basques that reach the top of the thighs. It has pockets, whose flap is scalloped, at the hips, eleven buttons decorated with steel sequins on the left and their buttonholes on the right. It is decorated on the collar, the front trim, the pockets and the bottom with silk and silver thread embroideries of rose garlands on green branches and leaves, and steel sequins.
Materials
Silk
Silver thread
Embroidery thread
Sequins
Origin
circa 1775 probably France