Waistcoat
ca. 1850 (made)
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In the nineteenth century waistcoats tended to be one of the more elaborate and colourful pieces of menswear, which is partly why they survive in relatively large numbers. They might also have been kept for their decorative quality or for sentimental reasons when they went out of fashion.
This man's waistcoat is sprinkled with a dainty design of roses and branching stems on an oyster coloured silk ground. The pattern calls to mind eighteenth century Spitalfields silks, but is woven using a jacquard loom invented at the beginning of the nineteenth century by Joseph Marie Charles Jacquard (1752-1834). Although ideally suited to large elaborate patterns, it was also used for the delicate designs that were fashionable during the 1840s and 1850s. The colours and floral motifs scattered over this waistcoat are very similar to those found on dresses of the period.
This man's waistcoat is sprinkled with a dainty design of roses and branching stems on an oyster coloured silk ground. The pattern calls to mind eighteenth century Spitalfields silks, but is woven using a jacquard loom invented at the beginning of the nineteenth century by Joseph Marie Charles Jacquard (1752-1834). Although ideally suited to large elaborate patterns, it was also used for the delicate designs that were fashionable during the 1840s and 1850s. The colours and floral motifs scattered over this waistcoat are very similar to those found on dresses of the period.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Jacquard-woven silk, metal, backed and lined with cotton |
| Brief description | Man's waistcoat of Jacquard-woven silk, Great Britain, ca. 1850 |
| Physical description | Man's waistcoat of Jacquard-woven silk, fastened with detachable metal buttons, and backed and lined with cotton. With a design of roses and branching stems on an oyster ground. Roll-collar, with no sleeves, and two deep pockets on the lower front. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss W. A. Skeggs |
| Summary | In the nineteenth century waistcoats tended to be one of the more elaborate and colourful pieces of menswear, which is partly why they survive in relatively large numbers. They might also have been kept for their decorative quality or for sentimental reasons when they went out of fashion. This man's waistcoat is sprinkled with a dainty design of roses and branching stems on an oyster coloured silk ground. The pattern calls to mind eighteenth century Spitalfields silks, but is woven using a jacquard loom invented at the beginning of the nineteenth century by Joseph Marie Charles Jacquard (1752-1834). Although ideally suited to large elaborate patterns, it was also used for the delicate designs that were fashionable during the 1840s and 1850s. The colours and floral motifs scattered over this waistcoat are very similar to those found on dresses of the period. |
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| Accession number | T.82-1954 |
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| Record created | September 27, 2006 |
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