Waistcoat
Waistcoat
19th century (made)
19th century (made)
Place of origin |
Sleeveless coat of white woollen cloth, faced with red cloth. Trimmed with red and green silk cord and applied medallions and leaf shaped devices cut out of silver gilt braid. The coat widens downwards and is open down the front. The cloth facings extend straight down either side, along the bottom, and round the arm-holes, and are edged with narrow braid of wavy outline. Those beneath the arms are ornamented with fivce rows of looped and plaited silk cord, with ten small pendant medallions (five to each arm) beneath, edged with silk cord. Similar medallions occupy the two lower corners on either side of a leaf-shaped device.
Object details
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Title | Waistcoat |
Materials and techniques | Trimmed with red and green silk cord and applied medallions and leaf shaped devices cut out of silver gilt braid. |
Brief description | Waistcoat, embroidered white woolen cloth, Greece (Attica), 1800s. |
Physical description | Sleeveless coat of white woollen cloth, faced with red cloth. Trimmed with red and green silk cord and applied medallions and leaf shaped devices cut out of silver gilt braid. The coat widens downwards and is open down the front. The cloth facings extend straight down either side, along the bottom, and round the arm-holes, and are edged with narrow braid of wavy outline. Those beneath the arms are ornamented with fivce rows of looped and plaited silk cord, with ten small pendant medallions (five to each arm) beneath, edged with silk cord. Similar medallions occupy the two lower corners on either side of a leaf-shaped device. |
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Credit line | Given by Kathleen Lady Alexander |
Object history | Given by Kathleen Lady Alexander. The register attributes this garment as "Modern Albanian". |
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Accession number | T.254-1923 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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