Waistcoat
1790-1799 (made)
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Man's waistcoat with a 1⅜-inch (3.4 cm) standing collar, revers, welted pockets, straight fronts and hems, hip length. The fronts, collar, pocket welts and revers are made of cream silk satin, the back of linen. The waistcoat and pockets are lined with linen, the fronts faced with the cream silk satin. The waistcoat is tamboured-to-shape with silk thread in brown and shades of pink, green and blue, in a pattern of flowers, leaves and bows, on the collar, revers, pocket welts, and along the front edges and hems. The fronts are tamboured with a repeating pattern of bows and sprigs and below each pocket, the initials ‘JB’ are tamboured twice. It has a double-breasted effect with 12 tamboured buttons set back from 10 worked buttonholes (the top one uncut) along the left front. There are 12 embroidered buttons set back from another row of 9 embroidered buttons on the right front edge.
The waistcoat was altered for size in the 18th century; a narrow strip of linen was inserted in the upper two-thirds of the centre-back seam.
The waistcoat was altered for size in the 18th century; a narrow strip of linen was inserted in the upper two-thirds of the centre-back seam.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen; hand-woven, satin weave, hand-embroidered, tamboured, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Man's waistcoat, 1790s, French; Cream silk satin, tamboured coloured silks, initialed JB |
| Physical description | Man's waistcoat with a 1⅜-inch (3.4 cm) standing collar, revers, welted pockets, straight fronts and hems, hip length. The fronts, collar, pocket welts and revers are made of cream silk satin, the back of linen. The waistcoat and pockets are lined with linen, the fronts faced with the cream silk satin. The waistcoat is tamboured-to-shape with silk thread in brown and shades of pink, green and blue, in a pattern of flowers, leaves and bows, on the collar, revers, pocket welts, and along the front edges and hems. The fronts are tamboured with a repeating pattern of bows and sprigs and below each pocket, the initials ‘JB’ are tamboured twice. It has a double-breasted effect with 12 tamboured buttons set back from 10 worked buttonholes (the top one uncut) along the left front. There are 12 embroidered buttons set back from another row of 9 embroidered buttons on the right front edge. The waistcoat was altered for size in the 18th century; a narrow strip of linen was inserted in the upper two-thirds of the centre-back seam. |
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| Accession number | 519-1877 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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