Waistcoat
1735-1745 (made)
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Man’s waistcoat with a round neck, slightly curved fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the knee. Each front has a pocket and shaped pocket flap. The fronts and pocket flaps are made of dark beige cut and uncut silk velvet with a voided satin ground, woven-to-shape in a pattern of large leaves and flowers, on the pocket flaps, around the pockets, and along the front edges and hems. The back is made of the same dark beige silk, with a band of the velvet pattern at the back neck edge. The waistcoat is lined with fustian and the pockets with unbleached linen. The front facings, skirt and pocket flap linings are made of dark beige silk twill. There are 13 worked buttonholes on a strip of the velvet under the left front edge and 13 corresponding buttons covered with dark beige silk thread on the right front.
The linings of the back skirts were later removed.
The linings of the back skirts were later removed.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Silk, linen; hand-woven, velvet weave, hand-sewn |
Brief description | Man's waistcoat, 1735-45, British or French; Dark beige silk velvet, woven-to-shape, Lyons |
Physical description | Man’s waistcoat with a round neck, slightly curved fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the knee. Each front has a pocket and shaped pocket flap. The fronts and pocket flaps are made of dark beige cut and uncut silk velvet with a voided satin ground, woven-to-shape in a pattern of large leaves and flowers, on the pocket flaps, around the pockets, and along the front edges and hems. The back is made of the same dark beige silk, with a band of the velvet pattern at the back neck edge. The waistcoat is lined with fustian and the pockets with unbleached linen. The front facings, skirt and pocket flap linings are made of dark beige silk twill. There are 13 worked buttonholes on a strip of the velvet under the left front edge and 13 corresponding buttons covered with dark beige silk thread on the right front. The linings of the back skirts were later removed. |
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Credit line | Given by Messrs Alan and Andrew Colls |
Object history | Registered File number 1993/238. |
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Accession number | T.647-1993 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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