Waistcoat
Date1760-1780
OriginEngland
MediumSilk cut and voided velvet; silk satin front linings; cotton/linen napped twill "fustian" back lining; tabby linen pockets; tabby bast fiber inner lining down fronts; silver plate and bullion buttons.
DimensionsOL: 31"
Credit LinePartial gift of Diane S. Taylor
Object number1992-37,2
DescriptionSleeveless waistcoat, part of a three-piece suit, of silk cut and uncut voided velvet, woven with orange, yellow, green and black sprigs on yellowish-beige ground. Collarless. Buttoned down front with 12 five-eighths-inch diameter silver and bullion buttons. Lower fronts cut away. Pocket flaps trimmed with 3 buttons below points of flaps. Functional pockets . Narrow back of satin, with side and center vents. Linings of cream satin and twilled, napped fustian at center back.ProvenanceAccording to donor, suit was "made in England of French fabric for a Virginia gentleman...It was given to my father by a customer of his men's clothing store who was unable to pay her bill. My father gave it to me in 1981 a number of years after his store was closed."
