Man's sleeved waistcoat
1720s
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States (waistcoat)
Place of ManufactureFabric: probably England
Medium/TechniqueSilk damask, brocaded with silk and metallic yarns, trimmed with gold-metallic braid and lined with linen plain weave and silk plain weave (taffeta)
DimensionsCenter back length: 82.6 cm (32.5 in.)
Credit LineGift of William Storer Eaton
Accession number41.887
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ProvenanceLent by William S. Eaton, October 20, 1911. Gift of William Storer Eaton, to MFA 1941
mid-19th century
1650–1725
about 1914
17th century
18th century
About 1820
First quarter 20th century
third quarter of 19th century
15th century
14th–16th century