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Waistcoat

1780-1789 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Right shoulder to hem length: 64.0cm (approx)
  • Chest under armholes, overall circumference: 105.0cm (approx)
Credit line
Given by G. J. Lamb, Esq.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.222-1958

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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