Waistcoat
1780s (made)
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Man’s waistcoat with a round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the hip. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts and pocket flaps are made of white silk satin, the back of linen. The waistcoat fronts, pockets and pocket flaps are lined with linen. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in blue, yellow and shades of green, pink and brown, in a pattern of flowers, leaves and star-bursts, on the pocket flaps, front edges and hems, around the front neck and below the pockets. There are 10 worked buttonholes along the left front, with 12 embroidered buttons on the right front.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen; hand-woven satin, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Man's court waistcoat, 1780s, English; white silk satin, coloured silk embroidery |
| Physical description | Man’s waistcoat with a round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the hip. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts and pocket flaps are made of white silk satin, the back of linen. The waistcoat fronts, pockets and pocket flaps are lined with linen. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in blue, yellow and shades of green, pink and brown, in a pattern of flowers, leaves and star-bursts, on the pocket flaps, front edges and hems, around the front neck and below the pockets. There are 10 worked buttonholes along the left front, with 12 embroidered buttons on the right front. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss K. Penny |
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| Accession number | T.201-1975 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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