Waistcoat
1780-1785 (made)
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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.
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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. |
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Accession number | T.5-1937 |
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Record created | November 19, 2009 |
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