- Court dress coat
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Court dress coat
- Place of origin:
France (possibly, made)
England (possibly, made) - Date:
ca. 1800 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Wool embroidered with silk, glass sequins
- Museum number:
1423-1871
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Coat from court suit, brown wool embroidered with coloured silks and glass paillettes and sequins in a stylised floral design at the collar, closing edges, tails and cuffs. The buttons are covered with metal foil and embroidered with sequins and paillettes; there are 8 on the front, 2 on each cuff, 2 at centre-back waist, 3 beneath each pocket-flap, 1 at the proper right coat tail hem. The body is lined with cream plain twilled silk, the sleeves are unlined. It fastens at the upper chest with three hooks-and-eyes.
The embroidery is not matched at the seams and so it is possible this coat has been altered.
Place of Origin
France (possibly, made)
England (possibly, made)
Date
ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Wool embroidered with silk, glass sequins
Dimensions
Weight: 1.7 kg, Width: 32 mm buttons, Height: 67 mm collar, Length: 980 mm centre-back
Object history note
Purchased in 1871 for £40 from Mr. M. Marks.
Descriptive line
1800c, French/English; Brown cloth embroidered
Materials
Wool; Silk; Glass
Techniques
Embroidery
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Categories
Fashion; Men's clothes; Formal wear
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
