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Waistcoat

1780-1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Man’s court waistcoat with a round neckline, straight fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thigh. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts and pocket flaps are made of white silk taffeta; the back of bleached linen. The waistcoat, pockets and pocket flaps are lined with linen. The waistcoat is couched with white silk cord and silver filé cord, and embroidered-to-shape with silver and red foil spangles and silk floss in shades of blue, pink and green, on the pocket flaps, around the pockets and the front neck, along edges and hems. There are 9 worked buttonholes along the left front, with 11 embroidered buttons on the right front.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk, linen, silver, enamel; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn
Brief description
Man's court waistcoat, 1780-85, English; White silk taffeta, embroidered-to-shape, silk and spangles
Physical description
Man’s court waistcoat with a round neckline, straight fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thigh. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts and pocket flaps are made of white silk taffeta; the back of bleached linen. The waistcoat, pockets and pocket flaps are lined with linen. The waistcoat is couched with white silk cord and silver filé cord, and embroidered-to-shape with silver and red foil spangles and silk floss in shades of blue, pink and green, on the pocket flaps, around the pockets and the front neck, along edges and hems. There are 9 worked buttonholes along the left front, with 11 embroidered buttons on the right front.
Dimensions
  • Right shoulder to hem length: 72.0cm (approx)
  • Chest under armholes circumference: 107.0cm (approx)
Collection
Accession number
T.5-1937

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Record createdNovember 19, 2009
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