Waistcoat
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- linen, silk, metal
- Origin
- British
- Department
- Costume Institute
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Rogers Fund, 1923
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Fashion Design and Wearable Art Both · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the object as a waistcoat, and the image clearly shows an elaborately decorated wearable garment with a tailored body and sleeves.
Subject Matter
Visual Qualities
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%
Nearly the entire visible surface is covered with multicolored motifs, braided borders, and small hanging decorative elements.
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Dense Composition Visual · 98%
The motifs and framed compartments are closely packed across the torso, sleeves, shoulders, and lower edges, leaving little undecorated ground.
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Patterns Visual · 97%
Repeated rounded compartments, scrolling borders, and recurring floral, bird, and insect motifs organize the surface into a patterned design.
Time Periods
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17th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the waistcoat to 1615–20, placing it in the seventeenth century.
Geographic Regions
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British and Irish Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog records the place of origin as British.
Materials
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Natural Fibers Metadata · 99%
The catalog records linen and silk as components of the garment; both are natural fibers.
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Metal Both · 90%
Metal is listed in the catalog, and the image shows reflective, metallic-looking braid and small hanging elements along the borders and lower edges.
Textiles
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Embroidery Visual · 99%
The image clearly shows extensive stitched decoration in floral, avian, and insect motifs across the garment.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Waistcoat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.