Waistcoat
1780-1789 (made)
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Man’s waistcoat with a round neckline, revers, straight fronts and hem, hip-length, with a welted pocket on each front. The fronts, collar, revers and pocket welts are made of ivory silk satin, the back of cream worsted twill. The waistcoat is lined with fustian, the pockets with linen, the fronts faced with ivory silk twill. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with brown silk floss and chenille, blue chenille thread, silver foil and purl, glass pastes and tamboured with silver filé and red silk floss, in a pattern of bows and floral sprigs, on the collar, pocket welts, revers, below the pockets and along front neck, edges and hems. The waistcoat as a double-breasted effect with 12 embroidered buttons set back from 9 worked buttonholes along the left front, and 12 embroidered buttons on the right front.
The linen tape ties at the back were probably added later.
The linen tape ties at the back were probably added later.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, wool, linen, cotton, silver, glass; hand-woven, satin weave, hand-embroidered, tamboured, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Man's waistcoat, 1780s, British; ivory silk satin, embroidered, tamboured, chenille, pastes, silver spangles, purl |
| Physical description | Man’s waistcoat with a round neckline, revers, straight fronts and hem, hip-length, with a welted pocket on each front. The fronts, collar, revers and pocket welts are made of ivory silk satin, the back of cream worsted twill. The waistcoat is lined with fustian, the pockets with linen, the fronts faced with ivory silk twill. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with brown silk floss and chenille, blue chenille thread, silver foil and purl, glass pastes and tamboured with silver filé and red silk floss, in a pattern of bows and floral sprigs, on the collar, pocket welts, revers, below the pockets and along front neck, edges and hems. The waistcoat as a double-breasted effect with 12 embroidered buttons set back from 9 worked buttonholes along the left front, and 12 embroidered buttons on the right front. The linen tape ties at the back were probably added later. |
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| Accession number | T.18-1950 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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