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Man's sleeved waistcoat
Man's sleeved waistcoat

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
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceLent by William S. Eaton, October 20, 1911. Gift of William Storer Eaton, to MFA 1941
Group shot: 2003.287.1-2
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