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Man’s Waistcoat

1750-1770

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Man’s Waistcoat

1750-1770

Physical Qualities Wool, silk embroidery thread, cotton or linen lining and back, metal (brass?) buttons, 28 x 18 1/2 in. (71.1 x 47 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Orest and Patricia Ranum, Baltimore
Object Number 2014.162
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2014; Patricia and Orest Ranum, Baltimore, by purchase; flea market, Paris

Inscribed: Many handwritten and stamped inscriptions are found inside the waistcoat on the lining: Stamped in blue ink on lining of upper right front panel is a blue oval with blue stamped lettering "OPERA COMIQUE/ Ag6" [this very indistinct] [handwritten in brown ink]/ "INVENTAIRE 1877" Stamped with blue ink on lining of upper right shoulder: "A2545" Handwritten in ink at same place "8." [crossed out with diagonal line/ "2." [crossed out with diagonal line]. Handwritten with ink on tape sewn to upper back neck "2C." Printed on larger tape sewn to upper neck area "E.961" [or possibly "964"] Printed on larger label handsewn inside back neck area: "OZOUF" Behind these labels is another stamped blue oval, but with unintelligible writing. Below all of these is a stamped rectangle with the letters: "OP189" Hand written in black ink on lining at upper left panel: "HUET" Handwritten in brown ink using script: Mithaus" Handwritten in ink below "20" Handwritten in pencil [?] in unusually large black letters: "13"

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