France or England

Waistcoat

1701/25
Silk, damask weave; embroidered with gilt frisé, gilt strips wound around a silk fibre core in couching over silk floss covered cardboard, couching and straight stitches; lined in silk, plain weave
77.8 × 113.8 cm (30.6 × 44.8 in)

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