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Vest, repossession provenance; subject motifs: ships, seascapes, shells, plant ornaments. Fashion: men's clothing. Vest made of cream silk grosgrain, straight cut, collarless, with flaps, fastened with covered buttons at the bottom marked by pocket flaps. Richly embroidered front, laced canvas back, silk lining. Embroidery background with small floral motifs; along the fastening are flower sprigs and grass. Chains around the pockets; above the pockets are flowers, a fragment of a stork's nest, and a seagull. Sea vegetation and shells adorn the pocket trim. Beneath the pockets is a fragment of a seascape with two three-masted ships and a small ship in the background. Flat embroidery using satin, laid, and knotted stitches; untwisted and twisted silk yarn. Predominant colors: green, gray, and salmon. Date: 1780s. Origin: Silesia, France. Garment length: 70 cm., A pale fabric panel with embroidered scenes and decorative borders, showing a large sailing ship with tall masts, rigging, and small flags, positioned on a stitched water area; nearby is a smaller vessel and a group of stitched birds in the sky. The fabric includes embroidered rocky outcrops with foliage and fronds in shades of green and yellow, and decorative rectangular panels featuring shell and floral motifs in brown, green, and cream tones. The overall palette is soft neutral with cream and beige background, browns, muted greens, touches of yellow, and small accents of blue and pink on the flags and floral details, with braided trim in brown and blue along the edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_406

License type

Rights managed

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49.6Mb (5.0Mb) / 18.7in x 10.3in / 5616 x 3086 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vest repossession provenance subject motifs ships seascapes shells plant ornaments Fashion men's clothing cream silk grosgrain straight cut collarless flaps fastened covered buttons bottom marked pocket flaps Richly embroidered front laced canvas back silk lining Embroidery background small floral motifs fastening flower sprigs grass Chains pockets flowers fragment stork's nest seagull Sea vegetation shells adorn pocket trim Beneath seascape two three-masted ships small ship background Flat embroidery using satin laid knotted stitches untwisted twisted silk yarn Predominant colors green gray salmon Date 1780s Origin Silesia France Garment length 70 cm pale fabric panel embroidered scenes decorative borders showing large sailing ship tall masts rigging small flags positioned stitched water area nearby smaller vessel group stitched birds sky fabric includes rocky outcrops foliage fronds shades yellow decorative rectangular panels featuring shell floral motifs brown cream tones palette soft neutral cream beige background browns muted greens touches small accents blue pink flags floral details braided trim edges.