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Waistcoat

1795-1805 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Man's waistcoat with a 2-inch (5 cm) standing collar, revers, welted pockets, straight fronts and hems, hip length. The fronts, collar, pocket welts and revers are made of white cotton piqué, the back of bleached fustian. The fronts are lined with cotton, the back with fustian and the pockets with linen. The waistcoat is true double-breasted with 10 self-covered buttons set back from worked buttonholes along both the left and right front edges. There is a short piece of linen tape with a Dorset button, sewn on the lining of each front at the hem. Two pair of linen tape ties are sewn to the back.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cotton, linen; hand-woven, hand-sewn
Brief description
Man's waistcoat, British, 1795-1805, white cotton piqué, double-breasted
Physical description
Man's waistcoat with a 2-inch (5 cm) standing collar, revers, welted pockets, straight fronts and hems, hip length. The fronts, collar, pocket welts and revers are made of white cotton piqué, the back of bleached fustian. The fronts are lined with cotton, the back with fustian and the pockets with linen. The waistcoat is true double-breasted with 10 self-covered buttons set back from worked buttonholes along both the left and right front edges. There is a short piece of linen tape with a Dorset button, sewn on the lining of each front at the hem. Two pair of linen tape ties are sewn to the back.
Dimensions
  • Top of right collar to hem length: 66.5cm (approx)
  • Chest under armholes circumference: 107.5cm (approx)
Marks and inscriptions
*RL (Stamped in black ink on left back lining above waist)
Credit line
Part of the Gorst collection, given by Mrs Katherine Rachael Thomas
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.130-1963

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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