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Coat

1630-1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Man’s coat of cream-coloured worsted, lined with grey-blue woollen broadcloth. It has a 1½-inch (3.7cm) standing collar, curving 2-piece sleeves reaching to between elbow and wrist, and wide skirts below the waist. The centre back seam is open below the hip. A narrow ribbon of medium brown silk binds the ends of the sleeves, and brown silk taffeta faces the left front edge. There are 30 worked buttonholes on the left front and 1 on the left edge of the collar, with 31 corresponding buttons of wood, covered with bleached linen thread.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wool, silk, linen; hand-woven, hand-sewn
Brief description
Man's coat, 1630-1650, English; Cream worsted, lined with grey broadcloth
Physical description
Man’s coat of cream-coloured worsted, lined with grey-blue woollen broadcloth. It has a 1½-inch (3.7cm) standing collar, curving 2-piece sleeves reaching to between elbow and wrist, and wide skirts below the waist. The centre back seam is open below the hip. A narrow ribbon of medium brown silk binds the ends of the sleeves, and brown silk taffeta faces the left front edge. There are 30 worked buttonholes on the left front and 1 on the left edge of the collar, with 31 corresponding buttons of wood, covered with bleached linen thread.
Dimensions
  • Overall length: 62.5cm (approx)
  • Chest under armholes circumference: 96.5cm (approx)
Credit line
Given by Lady Spickernell
Collection
Accession number
T.148-1937

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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