Antique Tapestry Vest - Need Help Dating

[haley pelton]

Hi there! Picked up this sweet little tapestry vest. It appears to be antique tapestry textile possibly remade into a vest at some point in the 20th century. I guess I just would like to know the dating on the textile and then any info on the era that it may have been turned into a vest. I couldn't find anything like it with cursory research.

Interior is lined with low pile olive drab velvet, looks like machine stitching.

Thanks!

 

[bycinbyhand]

Hard to tell without seeing how it's constructed, lining, etc. Oh, and a close up of the textile too.

 

[haley pelton]

Here are some additional photos.

 

[pastperfect2]

Okay, I'll pitch in a bit. I agree it looks like an older textile - I see nap loss to the velvet and some splitting in the satin(?), which both indicate some age to it. I also see machine stitching on the facing edges.
But as to a date pf the construction, these are very hard to narrow down as the style just doesn't change that much. With the machine work, the construction can't be much earlier than 1860s, but my gut feeling is late 1880s to early 1900s.

As to the age of the textile - we need someone else to come along!

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

It looks like an upholstery fabric to me or early drapery material.

 

[Joyatri]

My first thought was that the textile is an early Persian cut velvet. I did some googling and found this, which is an identical pattern from the mid-16th century. http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451091

 

[Better Dresses Vintage]

To me it looks like a remnant of a very old tapestry (or similar) made into a modern vest. It's really neat.