Fashion — 1721-1740
Waistcoat
This waistcoat is decorated with a fashionable flower pattern embroidered in coloured silks and gold and silver thread. The 18th century book 'Plain Reasons for the Growth of Sodomy in England' attributed a supposed increase in homosexuality to men's dress. The author claimed that garments like this waistcoat were effeminate.
- Category:
- Fashion
- Object ID:
- 39.132/2
- Object name:
- waistcoat
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
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- Production date:
- 1721-1740
- Material:
silk, cotton, metal
- Measurements/duration:
- H 970 mm, W 530 mm
- Part of:
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- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
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