Waistcoat
1790-1799 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Waistcoat, square cut, 1790s, English; Embroidered cotton, decorated with floral trails and spots.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton, linen, silk; hand-woven, hand-embroidery, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Man's waistcoat, 1790s, British; Embroidered cotton, floral trails and spots |
| Physical description | Man’s waistcoat with a 2¼ -inch (5.5 cm) standing collar, revers, straight fronts and hem, hip-length, with a welted pocket on each front. The fronts, collar, pocket welts and revers are made of bleached cotton, the back of bleached linen. The waistcoat and pockets are lined with bleached linen. The waistcoat is embroidered to shape with silk floss in purple, yellow and shades of blue, pink and green, in a pattern of roses, pansies and cornflower on the collar, revers, pocket welts, and along the front edges and hems. The fronts are embroidered with dots. There are 14 worked buttonholes along the left front and 14 embroidered buttons on the right front edge. |
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| Summary | Waistcoat, square cut, 1790s, English; Embroidered cotton, decorated with floral trails and spots. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.10-1925 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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