Object: Man's banyan
Date: 1748-1760
Medium: Pink ribbed silk with brocaded design in silver frise thread
Country: Germany
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2010.98.2
Descriptionman's long banyan with attached waistcoat fronts in pink ribbed silk with brocaded design of flowers in ivory cannele highlighted with silver metallic strip, and large scale curving vines or peacock feathers in silver strip frise thread: straight front, double breasted with ten silver metallic thread buttons and buttonholes on both front panels, narrow band collar with button, vertical front scalloped flapped pockets with four buttons and buttonhole - two working, curved sleeve with wide cuff, form fitting back with flared skirts, shallow inverted pleats at side seams and CB, pocket slit at side seams; single-breasted waistcoat with 11 buttons and buttonholes at CF, flapped pockets at hip with three buttonholes two working with buttons
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk
- Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color