Waistcoat

France or England

Date

1701/25

Medium

Silk, damask weave; embroidered with gilt frisé, gilt strips wound around a silk fibre core in couching over silk floss covered cardboard, couching and straight stitches; lined in silk, plain weave

Dimensions

77.8 × 113.8 cm (30 5/8 × 44 3/4 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. A. W. Wickett