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Velvet vest

unknown artist1800/1899

Benaki Museum of Greek Civilization

Benaki Museum of Greek Civilization
Athens, Greece

Velvet vest with gold-thread embroidery: floral patterns, birds and a double-headed eagle. Neo-Hellenic gold-thread embroidery, continuing the Byzantine tradition, developed, in the course of the 18th c., into an art practised primarily by men. Its secular use was mainly confined to the official attire of the more prosperous classes. From Corfu in the Ionian islands. 19th-c. H. 0.42 m. (EE 1385)

Details

  • Title: Velvet vest
  • Creator: unknown artist
  • Date Created: 1800/1899
  • Physical Dimensions: h420 cm (complete)
  • Type: costume
  • Rights: Benaki Museum
  • External Link: Benaki Museum

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