Légende

Vest, floral and plant ornaments, patterned brocaded silk fabric with predominant ornamental colors silver, plum, green, and raspberry. Front motifs arranged around the edges. Fastened with 12 buttons embroidered with gold threads. No collar. Side flaps with flapped pockets, three buttons under the flaps as for the closure. Back: bottom and sides of fabric match front, but cut-out pieces are plain without brocade. Cream silk lining. 1740–1760, England fabric possibly, Silesia, garment, length 74 cm., A single sleeveless garment piece laid flat, made of a light cream fabric with a visible brown inner lining at the armhole, decorated with a woven floral and foliate pattern along one side and the lower flap; the embroidery shows flowers and leaves in colors including green, purple, blue, red, and grey, with a row of fabric-covered buttons along the decorated edge and grey leafy vine motifs scattered on the plain areas.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A12_418

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

68.4Mo (3.1Mo) / 33.7cm x 50.8cm / 3984 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Vest floral plant ornaments patterned brocaded silk fabric predominant ornamental colors silver plum green raspberry Front motifs arranged edges Fastened 12 buttons embroidered gold threads No collar Side flaps flapped pockets three buttons under flaps closure Back bottom sides fabric match front cut- pieces plain brocade Cream silk lining 1740–1760 England fabric Silesia garment length 74 cm single sleeveless garment piece laid flat light cream fabric visible brown inner lining armhole decorated woven floral foliate pattern side lower flap embroidery flowers leaves colors purple blue red grey row fabric-covered buttons decorated edge grey leafy vine motifs scattered plain areas.