Vest

Unknown

1880–1900 · silk, metal, cotton, wool · Costume Institute

The well-balanced designs on this vest are handsomely executed and show the strong influences of the Ottoman Empire. The raised couching gives the motifs an organic and vital appearance.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1880–1900

Medium

silk, metal, cotton, wool

Culture

Albanian

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Adele Simpson, 1945