A GENTLEMAN'S WAISTCOAT

CIRCA 1770

Details
A GENTLEMAN'S WAISTCOAT
Circa 1770
Composed of striped ivory ribbed silk embroidered in colored silks with scrolling carnations, roses, violets and other flowers, together with a waistcoat of plain crimson silk satin, circa 1780, a waistcoat made from 18th Century silk brocade, and a tailcoat of black facecloth dated on the inside 1879, braid added later (4)