Waistcoat
1775-1780 (made)
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Man’s court waistcoat with a round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thigh. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts and pocket flaps are made of cream silk taffeta, the back of cream worsted. The waistcoat is lined with fustian, the pockets with bleached linen; the skirt and pocket-flap linings and front facings are cream silk twill. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with red foil, silver spangles and purl, tamboured silver thread and silk thread in shades of pink and green, in a pattern of small flowers and swags against a background of repeating small floral sprigs, on the pocket flaps, below the pockets and along the front edges and hems. There are 15 worked buttonholes along the left front with 15 silver-gilt and foil passementerie buttons on the right front.
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Materials and techniques | Silk, wool, linen, cotton, silver, enamel; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, tamboured, hand-sewn |
Brief description | Man's waistcoat, 1775-1780, British; cream silk taffeta, tamboured, embroidered silver spangles, red foil |
Physical description | Man’s court waistcoat with a round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thigh. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts and pocket flaps are made of cream silk taffeta, the back of cream worsted. The waistcoat is lined with fustian, the pockets with bleached linen; the skirt and pocket-flap linings and front facings are cream silk twill. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with red foil, silver spangles and purl, tamboured silver thread and silk thread in shades of pink and green, in a pattern of small flowers and swags against a background of repeating small floral sprigs, on the pocket flaps, below the pockets and along the front edges and hems. There are 15 worked buttonholes along the left front with 15 silver-gilt and foil passementerie buttons on the right front. |
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Credit line | Part of the Gorst collection, given by Mrs Katherine Rachael Thomas |
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Accession number | CIRC.126-1963 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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