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Vest


Medium: Ivory silk with multicolor embroidery
Date: c.1950
Country: USA
Credit: Gift of Sylvia Slifka
The post-World War II era is often associated with increased consumerism, making this repurposed vest an interesting anomaly. It was cut and tailored from an eighteenth-century man’s waistcoat to suit a woman’s figure. The waistcoat’s fine silk and embroidery would have surpassed the quality of most modern clothing, perhaps explaining the appeal of its reuse.
Object Number: 89.54.2
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