Caption

Vest, 2nd half of the 18th century, Poland. Garment, length 74 cm. Fastened to the neck with 9 covered and embroidered buttons. Side flaps with pockets underneath. Laced canvas back. Floral and geometric ornaments., A sleeveless garment laid flat on a neutral gray background, made of a pale cream fabric with a slightly shiny finish and a lighter cream inner lining visible at the arm openings; the front panels feature a repeated floral embroidery pattern in shades of olive green, muted gold, soft brown, and pale beige with small accents of darker brown and subtle touches of light green, and a vertical trim runs down the center front; the hem has two pointed flaps with additional embroidered floral motifs and decorative borders in the same color palette, and the garment shows stitched seams and a small standing collar in the same pale cream tone.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_439

License type

Rights managed

Available size

22.7Mb (1.4Mb) / 9.4in x 9.4in / 2820 x 2814 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vest 2nd half 18th century Poland Garment length 74 cm Fastened neck 9 covered embroidered buttons Side flaps pockets underneath Laced canvas back Floral geometric ornaments sleeveless garment laid flat neutral gray background pale cream fabric slightly shiny finish lighter cream inner lining visible arm openings front panels feature repeated floral embroidery pattern shades olive green muted gold soft brown pale beige small accents darker brown subtle touches light green vertical trim runs down center front hem two pointed flaps additional embroidered floral motifs decorative borders color palette garment stitched seams small standing collar pale cream tone.