Waistcoat
1780-1789 (made)
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Man’s waistcoat with a round neckline, revers, straight fronts and straight hems reaching to the hip. Each front has a welted pocket. The fronts are made of white silk satin, the back of white woollen broadcloth. The waistcoat and pockets are lined with bleached linen; the revers are faced with white silk satin, the front hems with white silk twill. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with black silk floss, silver and silver-gilt spangles and purl, white and pink pastes and tamboured with silver-gilt thread, in a pattern of abstract floral sprigs, swags and narrow border on the pocket welts and revers, below the pockets, around the front neck, edges and hems. The waistcoat has a double-breasted effect with 10 worked buttonholes and 10 embroidered buttons on the left front and 10 embroidered buttons on the right front.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, wool, linen, silver, silver-gilt, glass; hand-woven, satin weave, hand-embroidered, tamboured, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Man's waistcoat, 1780s, British; White silk satin, revers, embroidered with silver & silver gilt spangles and pastes |
| Physical description | Man’s waistcoat with a round neckline, revers, straight fronts and straight hems reaching to the hip. Each front has a welted pocket. The fronts are made of white silk satin, the back of white woollen broadcloth. The waistcoat and pockets are lined with bleached linen; the revers are faced with white silk satin, the front hems with white silk twill. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with black silk floss, silver and silver-gilt spangles and purl, white and pink pastes and tamboured with silver-gilt thread, in a pattern of abstract floral sprigs, swags and narrow border on the pocket welts and revers, below the pockets, around the front neck, edges and hems. The waistcoat has a double-breasted effect with 10 worked buttonholes and 10 embroidered buttons on the left front and 10 embroidered buttons on the right front. |
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| Credit line | Given by G. J. Lamb, Esq. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.222-1958 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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