# Waistcoat Front Panel

- By: India, for the European Market
- Date: 1760s
- Medium: Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk yarns and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in chain stitches
- Classification: Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions: 88.2 × 41.9 cm (34 1/4 × 16 1/2 in.)
- Culture: India
- Credit line: Belle M. Borland Endowment
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/254717)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/12f249ac-fbae-647e-66e9-d81d49b1177d/full/843,/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

By the 18th century Indian textile artisans had already been celebrated internationally for centuries for their cotton textiles, whether embroidered or dyed in bright colors. This waistcoat front panel exemplifies Indian makers’ ability to cater to the taste of foreign markets: the shape of the embroidery was made to the specifications of Western European tailoring.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0