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On display at V&A South Kensington
Fashion, Room 40

Coat

1760s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A man's coat of red silk velvet with blue and green floral sprig, outlined with a white voided ground. It has a round neckline, bound with a narrow strip of velvet. The shaped, two-piece sleeves are fitted and end above the wrist in a round cuff (11 cm at top, 12 cm at bottom). The coat fronts curve from neck to hem, with skirts below the hip, arranged in pleats (16 cm), one front and one back at the sides. There is an inverted pleat on each side of the centre back opening. There is a scalloped pocket flap on each coat front at hip level. The sleeves and pockets are lined with bleached linen, the rest of the coat with white silk satin. There are 11 velvet-covered buttons on the right front, from neck to pocket, with 11 corresponding buttonholes worked in red silk twist. There are 3 buttonholes on the pocket flaps (centre one uncut) and 3 buttons below the flaps. There are 3 buttons and uncut buttonholes on each cuff, one button above the pleats and one holding them together at the hem on each side. There are 3 uncut buttonholes on each side of the back vent, at the top.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk, linen, silk thread, linen thread; hand-woven velvet and satin, hand-sewn
Brief description
A man's coat, 1760s, English; Red silk velvet, with blue and green floral sprig, white voided ground, English, 1760s
Physical description
A man's coat of red silk velvet with blue and green floral sprig, outlined with a white voided ground. It has a round neckline, bound with a narrow strip of velvet. The shaped, two-piece sleeves are fitted and end above the wrist in a round cuff (11 cm at top, 12 cm at bottom). The coat fronts curve from neck to hem, with skirts below the hip, arranged in pleats (16 cm), one front and one back at the sides. There is an inverted pleat on each side of the centre back opening. There is a scalloped pocket flap on each coat front at hip level. The sleeves and pockets are lined with bleached linen, the rest of the coat with white silk satin. There are 11 velvet-covered buttons on the right front, from neck to pocket, with 11 corresponding buttonholes worked in red silk twist. There are 3 buttonholes on the pocket flaps (centre one uncut) and 3 buttons below the flaps. There are 3 buttons and uncut buttonholes on each cuff, one button above the pleats and one holding them together at the hem on each side. There are 3 uncut buttonholes on each side of the back vent, at the top.
Dimensions
  • Shoulder to hem at right front length: 104.0cm (approx)
  • Chest under armholes circumference: 100.0cm (approx)
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Given by Mrs G D Marshall
Collection
Accession number
T.41-1958

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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