Similar designs and patterns are present on items in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum. V&A pressmark T.76 comprises outlined patterns on white paper, which bear many similarities to the present waistcoat designs; it includes D.170-'98, which bears a pattern for a cap similar to item no. 7, and D.175-'98, which includes a design for collar whitework similar to item no. 5. V&A T.1.a (Designs for printed cottons, English, c. 1840) includes a large design somewhat similar to that of item no. 4. V&A T.93 (French embroidery designs) includes a design (E223-1930), c. 1790, similar to parts of item nos. 6 and 8. Also of interest at the V&A is a collection of patterns for embroidery made and collected by Sarah Bland (1810-1905), shelfmark E.372:8/1-1967.
Exhibition History:
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
Subject Terms:
Vests. | Clothing and dress -- France. | Clothing and dress -- Great Britain. | Fashion design -- France. | Fashion design -- Great Britain. | Embroidery -- France. | Embroidery -- Great Britain.