Waistcoat
Dateca. 1700
OriginEngland
MediumTabby linen embroidered with yellow silk through linen backing.
Dimensions"Textiles & Costumes from the Permanent Collection", DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, Summer 1986, like four to six months
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1985-230,a-f
DescriptionUnmade fragmentary sleeved waistcoat for a man, with unfinished embroidery in yellow silk in a design of exotic flowers and scrolling leaves, with a background of back-stitch vermicelli lines. The pieces consist of two upper sleeves and two under sleeves (these would be sewn together to form two complete sleeves) and two back pieces for a long, sleeved waistcoat. The unfinished needlework retains the inked designs on the front. Stitches: back, satin, buttonhole, chain, eyelets, and closely-spaced herringbone. Shape of two back pieces corresponds closely to sleeved waistcoat number 1991-478.a) - right upper sleeve
b) - right under sleeve
c) - left back
d) - right back
e) - left upper sleeve
f) - left under sleeve
Label TextBack and Sleeves from Man's Unfinished Waistcoat
England, ca. 1700
Linen, silk embroidery
1985-230, a-f
Ink outlines are still visible where the embroidery was not completed. The more highly decorated fronts are missing.
Exhibition(s)
1720-1730
1720-1750
ca. 1740
1750-1780
1700-1750
1775-1785
ca. 1785
1745-1750 (textile); gown ca. 1780, gown remade ca. 1845
ca. 1730 (late 19th c alterations)
1700-1720
1730-1750