Waistcoat
1770s (made)
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| Place of origin |
A man's waistcoat with rounded neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thigh. Each front has a pocket and shaped pocket flap. The fronts are made of cream ribbed silk embroidered-to-shape with couched silk chenille threads in a pattern of flowers and leaves, and borderes of tamboured silver thread and spangles. The back is made of cream glazed worsted twill and the back skirts of cream ribbed silk. The waistcoat is lined with unbleached fustian; the fronts faced and the front skirts lined with white silk twill. There are 13 worked buttonholes along the left front and 13 corresponding embroidered buttons on the front edge, with 3 below each pocket.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk, wool, linen, cotton, silver; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn. |
| Brief description | Man's waistcoat, 1770s, British; Cream ribbed silk, embroidered with chenille, tamboured with silver thread |
| Physical description | A man's waistcoat with rounded neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thigh. Each front has a pocket and shaped pocket flap. The fronts are made of cream ribbed silk embroidered-to-shape with couched silk chenille threads in a pattern of flowers and leaves, and borderes of tamboured silver thread and spangles. The back is made of cream glazed worsted twill and the back skirts of cream ribbed silk. The waistcoat is lined with unbleached fustian; the fronts faced and the front skirts lined with white silk twill. There are 13 worked buttonholes along the left front and 13 corresponding embroidered buttons on the front edge, with 3 below each pocket. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Rev. R. Brooke |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 893-1864 |
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| Record created | April 15, 2009 |
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