Waistcoat
1735-1745 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Man’s waistcoat with a round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to top of the knee. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts, back and pocket flaps are made of white silk satin. The waistcoat is lined with linen; the skirt, pocket and pocket-flap linings and front facings are made of green silk twill. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with coloured silk chenille thread, in shades of brown, yellow, green, pink and blue, in a pattern of large flowers and leaves that fills both fronts and the pocket flaps. There are 14 worked buttonholes along the left front with 14 silver passementerie buttons on the right front, and 4 below each pocket.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen, silver; hand-woven satin, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Man's waistcoat, 1735-45, British; White silk satin, embroidered chenille thread |
| Physical description | Man’s waistcoat with a round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to top of the knee. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts, back and pocket flaps are made of white silk satin. The waistcoat is lined with linen; the skirt, pocket and pocket-flap linings and front facings are made of green silk twill. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with coloured silk chenille thread, in shades of brown, yellow, green, pink and blue, in a pattern of large flowers and leaves that fills both fronts and the pocket flaps. There are 14 worked buttonholes along the left front with 14 silver passementerie buttons on the right front, and 4 below each pocket. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | C. Yarborough (Machine-embroidered in red thread on a name tape and sewn to the left back lining below the shoulder) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Wingate |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.311-1965 |
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| Record created | July 30, 2008 |
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