Vest, ca. 1750, American or European, doeskin, silk, Considering the formal code of etiquette that governed eighteenth-century

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Vest, ca. 1750, American or European, doeskin, silk, Considering the formal code of etiquette that governed eighteenth-century life, it is not surprising that gentlemen did not generally remove their jackets in public. Tailors made men’s waistcoats of the most beautiful fabrics in front and used sturdy linen or cotton, often of a very coarse weave, to finish the back

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