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Man's waistcoat
French
About 1790
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk, linen, cotton; satin, embroidered, silk chain stitch
Credit Line
Gift of Mabel H. Colgate and Henry B. Washburn, in memory of Edith Hall Washburn
Accession Number53.409
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionA man's waistcoat of cream colored satin, with short standing collar, buttoned all the way down the front, with turned small sharply pointed lapels, slash pocket on each side, edges, pocket flaps, and lapels embroidered in polychrome silk chain stitch in design of violet vine, lined with glazed linen, back of linen-and-cotton fustian.