Waistcoat
1770s (made), 1780-85 (altered)
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A man's waistcoat with round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thigh. Each front has a pocket and a shaped pocket flap. The fronts are made of black silk satin, the backs of black glazed worsted twill. The waistcoat is lined with unbleached fustian; the fronts are faced and the skirts lined with black glazed worsted twill. There are 13 worked buttonholes along the left front; there were 13 corresponding black silk thread-covered buttons along the right front (top button now missing).
The waistcoat was altered to update the style, probably during the early 1780s; the shaped pocket flap was unpicked and sewn upside down, in the manner of a welt. It was also altered for size; insertions of linen and black glazed worsted twill were made at the side and centre back seams.
The waistcoat was altered to update the style, probably during the early 1780s; the shaped pocket flap was unpicked and sewn upside down, in the manner of a welt. It was also altered for size; insertions of linen and black glazed worsted twill were made at the side and centre back seams.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, wool, linen; hand-woven, hand-sewn. |
| Brief description | Man's waistcoat, Great Britain, 1770s; black silk satin and black glazed worsted, altered 1780-1785. |
| Physical description | A man's waistcoat with round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thigh. Each front has a pocket and a shaped pocket flap. The fronts are made of black silk satin, the backs of black glazed worsted twill. The waistcoat is lined with unbleached fustian; the fronts are faced and the skirts lined with black glazed worsted twill. There are 13 worked buttonholes along the left front; there were 13 corresponding black silk thread-covered buttons along the right front (top button now missing). The waistcoat was altered to update the style, probably during the early 1780s; the shaped pocket flap was unpicked and sewn upside down, in the manner of a welt. It was also altered for size; insertions of linen and black glazed worsted twill were made at the side and centre back seams. |
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| Credit line | Part of the Gorst collection, given by Mrs Katherine Rachael Thomas |
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| Accession number | CIRC.124-1963 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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