Coat
1780s (made)
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Man’s coat of lilac and yellow figured silk, lined with ivory silk twill, the sleeves lined with fustian. It has a 1½-inch (6.2 cm) standing collar and curving, 2-piece sleeves ending in 4 ½-inch (11.5 cm) deep cuffs. The fronts curve toward the back; each has a pocket with shaped flap, and 4 ¼-inch (10.7 cm) deep pleats at the side back. There are 10 large self-covered buttons on the right side with 10 corresponding worked buttonholes on the left. There are 3 buttons on each cuff, 3 below the pockets and 1 at the top, centre and bottom of each set of pleats.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen, cotton; hand-woven, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Man's coat of lilac and yellow figured silk, 1780s, British |
| Physical description | Man’s coat of lilac and yellow figured silk, lined with ivory silk twill, the sleeves lined with fustian. It has a 1½-inch (6.2 cm) standing collar and curving, 2-piece sleeves ending in 4 ½-inch (11.5 cm) deep cuffs. The fronts curve toward the back; each has a pocket with shaped flap, and 4 ¼-inch (10.7 cm) deep pleats at the side back. There are 10 large self-covered buttons on the right side with 10 corresponding worked buttonholes on the left. There are 3 buttons on each cuff, 3 below the pockets and 1 at the top, centre and bottom of each set of pleats. |
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| Credit line | Part of the Gorst collection, given by Mrs Katherine Rachael Thomas |
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| Accession number | CIRC.109-1963 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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