Waistcoat Panel
ca. 1770 - ca. 1774 (made)
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This panel consist of two main pieces and two pocket flaps which have not been separated for making up. The design of the body of the waistcoat consists of an overall pattern of small floral sprigs in red, brown silk, and gold thread. All the pieces have borders consisting of scrolls of roses in shades of pink with leaves and stems in green, blue and brown silk with small flowers in gold thread on a silver ground. Interlacing the roses are scrolls of gold thread embroidered with gold sequins and all the pieces are edged with a double wavy border in gold thread. Some details of the design are embroidered in sequins and gold thread.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk with gold thread |
| Brief description | Woven silk waistcoat pattern, Spitalfields (England), ca. 1770 - ca. 1774 |
| Physical description | This panel consist of two main pieces and two pocket flaps which have not been separated for making up. The design of the body of the waistcoat consists of an overall pattern of small floral sprigs in red, brown silk, and gold thread. All the pieces have borders consisting of scrolls of roses in shades of pink with leaves and stems in green, blue and brown silk with small flowers in gold thread on a silver ground. Interlacing the roses are scrolls of gold thread embroidered with gold sequins and all the pieces are edged with a double wavy border in gold thread. Some details of the design are embroidered in sequins and gold thread. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '707' (Written in one corner of the panel in ink.) |
| Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1963/1434. In order to economise in the use of metal thread, the weaver has not brocaded those areas of the waistcoat which would have been hidden when the garment was made up. The supporting white silk pattern weft is used alone in these places. |
| Historical context | Waistcoat shapes were widely sold in the eighteenth century. |
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| Accession number | T.143-1963 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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