Waistcoat
1750s (weaving), (weaving), 1770s (sewing)
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A man's waistcoat with narrow (0.6 cm) standing collar, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thighs. Each front has a pocket and shaped pocket flap. The fronts are made of ivory silk with a figured horizontal stripe, brocaded with silver thread in a large meandering trail of flowers. The fronts are lined with pale grey sarsenet; the backs are pale grey sarsenet lined with linen. There are 12 worked buttonholes along the left front; there were 12 corresponding self-covered buttons (2 now missing).
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| Materials and Techniques | Silk, linen silver; hand-woven, hand-sewn. |
| Brief Description | Man's waistcoat, 1770s, British, ivory figured silk brocaded with silver thread, 1750s |
| Physical Description | A man's waistcoat with narrow (0.6 cm) standing collar, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thighs. Each front has a pocket and shaped pocket flap. The fronts are made of ivory silk with a figured horizontal stripe, brocaded with silver thread in a large meandering trail of flowers. The fronts are lined with pale grey sarsenet; the backs are pale grey sarsenet lined with linen. There are 12 worked buttonholes along the left front; there were 12 corresponding self-covered buttons (2 now missing). |
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| Credit line | Given by Messrs Harrods |
| Object history | Talbot Hughes collection |
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| Accession Number | T.1073-1913 |
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| record created | June 24, 2009 |
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