Waistcoat
1790-1799 (made), 1870-1890 (altered)
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Man's waistcoat with a 2-inch (5 cm) collar, revers, welted pockets, straight fronts and hems, reaching to the top of the hip. The fronts, collar, pocket welts and revers are made of cream silk taffeta. The fronts are lined with bleached linen and faced with white silk twill. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in terracotta, white, blue and shades of grey, green, blue and pink, in a scene of two lovers under palm trees below the pockets, and a border of ogee shapes and abstract floral motifs on the pocket welts and along the front edges and hems. The fronts are embroidered with repeating floral sprigs. There are 15 worked buttonholes along the left front with 15 embroidered buttons on the right front.
The waistcoat was altered in the 19th century, probably for theatre costume; the back was replaced.
The waistcoat was altered in the 19th century, probably for theatre costume; the back was replaced.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Man's waistcoat, 1790s, French; Cream silk taffeta, embroidered with coloured silks, palm trees and lovers, probably Paul and Virginie, altered 1870-90 |
| Physical description | Man's waistcoat with a 2-inch (5 cm) collar, revers, welted pockets, straight fronts and hems, reaching to the top of the hip. The fronts, collar, pocket welts and revers are made of cream silk taffeta. The fronts are lined with bleached linen and faced with white silk twill. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in terracotta, white, blue and shades of grey, green, blue and pink, in a scene of two lovers under palm trees below the pockets, and a border of ogee shapes and abstract floral motifs on the pocket welts and along the front edges and hems. The fronts are embroidered with repeating floral sprigs. There are 15 worked buttonholes along the left front with 15 embroidered buttons on the right front. The waistcoat was altered in the 19th century, probably for theatre costume; the back was replaced. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 76 / m s / 7-- (handwritten in pencil on right collar lining) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 564-1896 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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