Waistcoat
1710-1720 (made)
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Man’s sleeved waistcoat made of orange figured silk satin. It has a round neckline bound with silk, straight fronts, curved 2-piece sleeves and skirts reaching to the knee. Each front has a pocket and scalloped pocket flap. The sleeves are stitched to the upper half of the armscye only. The waistcoat, sleeves, pockets and pocket flaps are lined with bleached linen. The waistcoat is quilted-to-shape over wool wadding in a pattern of large flowers and leaves on the fronts, back skirts, pocket flaps and wrists of the sleeves, the rest of the back and sleeves is quilted in a diaper pattern. There are 29 worked buttonholes along the left front (2nd to the 12th and bottom 11 are uncut) and 1 on each cuff. There are 29 eyelets for shank buttons along the right front, 3 under each pocket and 1 on each cuff (no buttons remain).
Three pair of hooks and eyes between neck and waist have been added later.
Three pair of hooks and eyes between neck and waist have been added later.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, wool, linen; hand-woven, satin weave, hand-quilted, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Man's sleeved waistcoat, 1710-1720, French/British; Orange figured silk satin, quilted |
| Physical description | Man’s sleeved waistcoat made of orange figured silk satin. It has a round neckline bound with silk, straight fronts, curved 2-piece sleeves and skirts reaching to the knee. Each front has a pocket and scalloped pocket flap. The sleeves are stitched to the upper half of the armscye only. The waistcoat, sleeves, pockets and pocket flaps are lined with bleached linen. The waistcoat is quilted-to-shape over wool wadding in a pattern of large flowers and leaves on the fronts, back skirts, pocket flaps and wrists of the sleeves, the rest of the back and sleeves is quilted in a diaper pattern. There are 29 worked buttonholes along the left front (2nd to the 12th and bottom 11 are uncut) and 1 on each cuff. There are 29 eyelets for shank buttons along the right front, 3 under each pocket and 1 on each cuff (no buttons remain). Three pair of hooks and eyes between neck and waist have been added later. |
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| Accession number | 659-1898 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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