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Waistcoat
Waistcoat

Waistcoat

about 1800–10
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueFloral motifs embroidered with silk, gold metallic threads, and sequins on white silk satin ground
Dimensions76 cm (29 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Robert C. Winthrop
Accession number01.114
On View
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceSaid to have been worn by by Gov. James Bowdoin of Boston, while in Paris between 1805 and 1808 (at a ball given by Napoleon I, according to family lore). Passed to his grand-nephew James Bowdoin Winthrop by inheritance, then to Robert C. Winthop, Jr. (newphew of J. B. Winthrop), who gave it to the MFA in February, 1901.