Waistcoat
1755-1765 (made)
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A man's waistcoat with a round neck, curving fronts and mid-thigh skirts. Each front has a pocket with shaped pocket flap. The fronts and back skirts are made of ivory silk satin, the backs of cream worsted twill. The waistcoat is lined with. beige fustian and the skirts and fronts faced with ivory silk twill.
The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with silver filé, spangles and purl in a design of flowers and leaves. There are 14 worked buttonholes along the left front with 14 corresponding buttons of wrapped silver foil and thread, and 3 buttons below each pocket (outer one on the right pocket now missing).
The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with silver filé, spangles and purl in a design of flowers and leaves. There are 14 worked buttonholes along the left front with 14 corresponding buttons of wrapped silver foil and thread, and 3 buttons below each pocket (outer one on the right pocket now missing).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, wool, linen, cotton, silver, wood; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn. |
| Brief description | Man's waistcoat, 1755-1765, British; Ivory silk satin, silver embroidery |
| Physical description | A man's waistcoat with a round neck, curving fronts and mid-thigh skirts. Each front has a pocket with shaped pocket flap. The fronts and back skirts are made of ivory silk satin, the backs of cream worsted twill. The waistcoat is lined with. beige fustian and the skirts and fronts faced with ivory silk twill. The waistcoat is embroidered-to-shape with silver filé, spangles and purl in a design of flowers and leaves. There are 14 worked buttonholes along the left front with 14 corresponding buttons of wrapped silver foil and thread, and 3 buttons below each pocket (outer one on the right pocket now missing). |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Florence Pery |
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| Accession number | T.49-1952 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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