Fashion — 1888-1890
Waistcoat
A man's waistcoat, fronts of gold coloured (cream) silk damask weave. Double breasted with deep horseshoe opening and curved revers, no collar. Six buttonholes with three mother-of-pearl buttons, straight edged hem. Line in white cotton / linen. Back in two pieces of double thickness linen with unjapanned metal buckle and strap at back waist. Mostly hand sewn, professionally made. Stamped on buckle: "SOLIDE / PARIS". Condition; silk good, three buttons missing; linen back very badly iron-mould stained. Inside of neck embroidered in red thread with ' LE II ZO' (?). Hand stitchING along the top of the neck at the back.
- Category:
- Fashion
- Object ID:
- 63.85/3
- Object name:
- waistcoat
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- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- 1888-1890
- Material:
silk, linen, mother-of-pearl, metal
- Measurements/duration:
- L 570 mm (overall, collar to hem), L 152 mm (centre front), W 430 mm (centre front), L 510 mm (centre back) (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 40%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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