Waistcoat
1705-1714 (weaving), ca. 1710 (made), 1760-1769 (sewing)
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Man's waistcoat with a round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to between the middle and top of the thigh. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts, back and pocket flaps are made of pink silk satin, figured with taffeta weave in a pattern of bizarre shapes and brocaded with silver filé and frisé, and silk floss in maroon, white, peach, blue and two shades of green, in a pattern of flowers and scrolls. The satin weave is 5 and the brocading bound in 4/1 twill. The waistcoat and pocket flaps are lined with pink silk twill, the pockets with bleached linen. There are 12 worked buttonholes on a strip of the brocaded satin under the left front edge with 12 silver passementerie buttons on the right front.
There is very little piecing to indicate if the waistcoat was made over from an earlier garment.
There is very little piecing to indicate if the waistcoat was made over from an earlier garment.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Silk, linen, silver; hand-woven brocaded satin, hand-sewn |
Brief description | Man's waistcoat, 1760s, British; Pink silk satin, figured and brocaded with silver thread, Lyons, c1710 |
Physical description | Man's waistcoat with a round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to between the middle and top of the thigh. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts, back and pocket flaps are made of pink silk satin, figured with taffeta weave in a pattern of bizarre shapes and brocaded with silver filé and frisé, and silk floss in maroon, white, peach, blue and two shades of green, in a pattern of flowers and scrolls. The satin weave is 5 and the brocading bound in 4/1 twill. The waistcoat and pocket flaps are lined with pink silk twill, the pockets with bleached linen. There are 12 worked buttonholes on a strip of the brocaded satin under the left front edge with 12 silver passementerie buttons on the right front. There is very little piecing to indicate if the waistcoat was made over from an earlier garment. |
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Credit line | Given by Miss Winifred G. White |
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Accession number | T.195-1963 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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