Waistcoat
1789 (woven), 1789-1794 (made)
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Man’s waistcoat with a 2¼-inch standing collar (5.5 cm), revers, straight fronts and hem, hip-length, with a welted pocket on each front. The fronts, collar, revers and pocket welts are made of ivory silk satin, woven-to-shape with silk in yellow, brown and shades of blue in a pattern of floral sprays on the collar, revers, pocket welts and along the front edges, the rest of the fronts filled with repeating yellow abstract sprays against a brown speckled ground. The back and linings are made of linen; the front and hem facings of ivory silk sarsenet. There are 12 worked buttonholes along the left front with 12 self-covered buttons on the right front, and 2 pairs of linen-tape ties on the back.
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Materials and techniques | Silk, linen; hand-woven, figured satin weave, hand-sewn |
Brief description | Man's waistcoat, 1789-1792, British; Maze and Steer, Spitalfields, 1789, ivory silk satin, woven-to-shape, blue, yellow, brown floral design |
Physical description | Man’s waistcoat with a 2¼-inch standing collar (5.5 cm), revers, straight fronts and hem, hip-length, with a welted pocket on each front. The fronts, collar, revers and pocket welts are made of ivory silk satin, woven-to-shape with silk in yellow, brown and shades of blue in a pattern of floral sprays on the collar, revers, pocket welts and along the front edges, the rest of the fronts filled with repeating yellow abstract sprays against a brown speckled ground. The back and linings are made of linen; the front and hem facings of ivory silk sarsenet. There are 12 worked buttonholes along the left front with 12 self-covered buttons on the right front, and 2 pairs of linen-tape ties on the back. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs Edmund de Rothschild |
Object history | See V&A object T.384-1972, a sample book. The fabric used for the waistcoat is represented in the sample book in two colourways on page 177. |
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Accession number | T.371-1972 |
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Record created | August 25, 2005 |
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