Not on display

Waistcoat

1840-1849 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

A waistcoat of cut and uncut silk velvet with vertical stripes of cannellé and horizontal stripes of weft-faced ribbing. Five buttons and wide notched lapels.

Object details

Categories
Men's Clothes
Fashion
Object type
Waistcoat
Materials and techniques
Silk velvet
Silk (Textile)
Velvet Weave
Brief description
Men's waistcoat of silk velvet in a check design, Britain, 1840-50
Physical description
A waistcoat of cut and uncut silk velvet with vertical stripes of cannellé and horizontal stripes of weft-faced ribbing. Five buttons and wide notched lapels.
Credit line
Given by Mary Gifford
Object history
Registered File number 1996/450.
Bibliographic references
  • Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion, edited by Lesley Ellis Miller and Ana Cabrera Lafuente with Claire Allen-Johnstone, Thames and Hudson Ltd. in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom, 2021, p. 194
  • Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.150-1996

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O350822/waistcoat-unknown/
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