Embroidered Fashion Pieces

Historical fashion garments featuring intricate embroidery, including waistcoats and cardigans, showcasing vintage designs from different eras.

Waistcoat front, Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk-core threads on silk foundation Technique: plain weave with supplementary warp float patterning and discontinuous supplementary wefts (brocading), Left and right fronts of a gentleman's waistcoat. Large metallic scrolls and polychrome silk flowers on a textured ivory ground. Brocaded in 13 colors of silk and 6 metallic yarns., Lyon, France, 1740-60, costume & accessories, Waistcoat front
Waistcoat front, Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk-core threads on silk foundation Technique: plain weave with supplementary warp float patterning and discontinuous supplementary wefts (brocading), Left and right fronts of a gentleman's waistcoat. Large metallic scrolls and polychrome silk flowers on a textured ivory ground. Brocaded in 13 colors of silk and 6 metallic yarns., Lyon, France, 1740-60, costume & accessories, Waistcoat front