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Jacket

Jacket
19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woman's jacket of embroidered white felt edged with panels of red felt and decorated with applied panels of maroon velvet and with couched gold thread, gold cord, sequins and metal purl. Small bolero-type. The arm holes, the front edges and the hem are lined with blue-grey cotton.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleJacket
Materials and techniques
Embroidered felt with gold thread, gold cord, sequins and metal purl, applied with velvet, lined with cotton
Brief description
Jacket, felt with applied velvet and embroidery, Greece (Attica), 1800s.
Physical description
Woman's jacket of embroidered white felt edged with panels of red felt and decorated with applied panels of maroon velvet and with couched gold thread, gold cord, sequins and metal purl. Small bolero-type. The arm holes, the front edges and the hem are lined with blue-grey cotton.
Dimensions
  • Length: 25in
  • Length: 63.5cm
  • Shoulders width: 10in
  • Shoulders width: 25.4cm
  • Hem width: 20in
  • Hem width: 50.8cm
Measurements taken from historical records, have not been checked.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Dr Gordon Bottomley.
Object history
Gift from Dr. Gordon Bottemley.

Registered papers 67/545.
Collection
Accession number
T.58-1968

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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