Waistcoat, French, between 1780-1790.
Silk and silk embroidery.
Now in storage at the Costume Institute in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Image source about the 18th century.
British ikat-like embroidery shoes, 1700-1720.
Pocket detail on a ensemble, 1780’s. Made in France of silk velvet embroidered with silver spangles and thread and glass paste.
Linen sampler embroidered with silk and metal thread, by unknown maker, England, early 18th century
