Men’s Striped Clothing

Last updated: Jan 7, 2024

(Striped stockings are listed on a separate page.)

• Hudibras’s first adventure by William Hogarth, 1726; a striped sleeved waistcoat or jacket
• National Trust 1140484.1/1140484.2/1140484.1, a velvet suit made for Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart, c. 1730
• A striped waistcoat in Life-Size Horse with Huntsman Blowing a Horn by John Wootton, 1732
• National Trust 1359452, 1750; double-breasted blue and white striped silk satin waistcoat with two rows of silk-covered buttons
• Met C.I.56.5.1a-c, a silk banyan, second half of the 18th century
• Richard Gwynne of Taliaris and Tregib, President of the Society of Sea Sergeants in a red and white striped waistcoat
• A tinker and his wife by Paul Sandby, c. 1759; he wears a blue and white striped waistcoat
• V&A T.113-1953, a boy’s suit, England, c. 1760
• A waistcoat from Philadelphia Museum of Art 1904-30a--c, a boy’s three-piece suit, French or Italian, c. 1760-1775
• RIHS 1959.6.1, a linen coat worn by a boy in Rhode Island in 1762
• The postilion’s waistcoat in The Elopement by John Collet, 1764
• A waistcoat in Peter Perez Burdett and his first wife Hannah by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1765
• National Trust 1348767, a coat and breeches made from fabric of narrow silk stripes of uncut velvet and spot design, 1765-1775
• The Recruiting Sergeant by John Collet, 1767
• A butcher (?) wears a striped sleeved waistcoat in The Female Bruisers by John Collet, 1768
• Wide lapels of a striped waistcoat are visible in an experiment on a bird in the air pump by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1768
• National Trust 1348793.1/1348793.2.1/1348793.2.2, a suit made of burgundy silk voided velvet, 1770-1779
• National Trust 1348798, a coat made from burgundy voided silk velvet with a narrow yellow stripe, 1770-1779
• A sleeved waistcoat or striped jacket in Saint Monday in the Afternoon, or All Nine and Swallow the Bowl, 1770s
• Courtship for Money, 1771
• Bostonians in Distress, 1774
• A butcher in a striped sleeved waistcoat (or short jacket) in English Funn or Docking the Macaroni, 1774
• A boy in Slight of Hand by a Monkey - or the Lady’s Head Unloaded, 1776
• A sailor’s waistcoat with horizontal stripes in Bachelor’s Fare, or Bread and Cheese with Kisses, 1777
• A waistcoat worn by Col. Joseph Noyes during the Battle of Rhode Island, 1778 (Rhode Island Historical Society 2013.42.1)
• A striped waistcoat in The sailor’s present, or, The jealous clown, 1778
• A schoolboy wears a striped waistcoat in Winter, 1778-1779
• Obadiah Mead’s jacket, 1779
• National Trust 609811.1/609811.2, suit in blue and ivory stripes, c. 1780
• National Trust 1348795, coat in indigo blue wool cloth striped with cream and light blue twill, 1780
• National Trust 1349102, a late 18th century coat in sable wool fabric with silk-satin-weave stripes and embroidery
• National Trust 1349039, 1780-1790; pink silk satin waistcoat with stripes in black, ivory, red, and pink
• National Trust 1349031, 1780-1790; waistcoat in white and primrose striped silk satin
• National Trust 1349043; waistcoat in green striped satin brocade with straw corded stripes and stripes of silver plate between each corded stripe
• Vintage Textile 2772, a gentleman’s silk faille waistcoat, c. 1780-1795
• Striped trousers on a sailor in The Sailor’s Pleasure, 1781
• A Lesson Westward - or A Morning Visit to Betsy Cole, 1782
• A striped waistcoat on Sir Richard Arkwright by Joseph Wright of Derby
• National Trust 1349044, 1785-1795; waistcoat in claret/marigold stripes on cream silk and wool tabby
• National Trust 1349042, 1785-1795; waistcoat in silver lame and blue silk stripe
• A butcher wearing a striped suit in Fortune’s Favourites: or Happiness in every Situation, 1786
• A striped brown waistcoat on a Portrait of a gentleman holding a letter by Louis François Gerard van der Puyl, 1787
• Magasin de Modes Nouvelles, Françaises et Anglaises, January 1788
• KCI AC5146 85-28-2AC, AC5667 87-35-1, a man’s suit, France, c. 1790; the coat is made of blue and green striped silk taffeta and satin
• Kerry Taylor Auctions Dec 12 2016, Lot 43, a striped satin tailcoat, c. 1790
• Kerry Taylor Auctions June 26 2012, Lot 74, a striped orange silk double-breasted waistcoat with mother-of-pearl buttons and wide angular lapels, c. 1790
• Maximilien de Robespierre, c. 1790
• Poor Tom Bowling, 1791
• National Trust 1349040, 1790-1800; waistcoat in cream silk satin with dark blue and black stripes
• National Trust 1349046, 1790-1800; waistcoat from plum/pink/cream striped satin
• Kerry Taylor Auctions Dec 12 2016, Lot 38
• Missouri History Museum 1933-038-0001a-b, a green and cream striped silk taffeta coat and waistcoat worn by Pierre Bauduy de Bellevue, 1790-1800
• Caricature Ornaments for Screens by George Cruikshank, 1800
• A striped waistcoat worn by a gentleman, traditionally identified as Richard Lowndes Saln
• Henry Ford 00.4.3661, a silk tail coat made in 1790-1810
• The return from Margate
• A striped waistcoat worn by Captain Timothy Gardner by William Birch, 1794
• Cooper Hewitt 1955-144-4, a knotted silk waistcoat, c. 1795
• Waistcoat, end of the 18th century
• Striped waistcoat in a drawing of George Morland
• Meg Andrews 8277, a striped waistcoat, c. 1800
• A blue and white striped waistcoat in Noel Desenfans and Sir Francis Bourgeois by Paul Sandby, c. 1805