Waistcoat
1690-1700 (weaving), 1750-1759 (sewing)
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Man’s waistcoat with a round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to mid-thigh. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts, back skirts and pocket flaps are made of pink silk satin brocaded with silver thread and frisé and black silk thread partially wrapped in silver strip, in a pattern of flowers, leaves and scrolls. The back is made of pink silk satin. The waistcoat and pockets are lined with linen; the skirt and pocket-flap linings and front facings are ivory silk twill. There are 20 worked buttonholes along the left front with 20 silver-thread passementerie buttons on the right front.
The skirts and waistcoat fronts are pieced suggesting that they have been remade from an earlier garment, not necessarily a waistcoat.
The skirts and waistcoat fronts are pieced suggesting that they have been remade from an earlier garment, not necessarily a waistcoat.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen, silver; hand-woven brocade, satin, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Man's waistcoat, 1750-1759, British; Pink silk satin brocaded with silver, 1690-1700, French |
| Physical description | Man’s waistcoat with a round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to mid-thigh. Each front has a pocket and pointed pocket flap. The fronts, back skirts and pocket flaps are made of pink silk satin brocaded with silver thread and frisé and black silk thread partially wrapped in silver strip, in a pattern of flowers, leaves and scrolls. The back is made of pink silk satin. The waistcoat and pockets are lined with linen; the skirt and pocket-flap linings and front facings are ivory silk twill. There are 20 worked buttonholes along the left front with 20 silver-thread passementerie buttons on the right front. The skirts and waistcoat fronts are pieced suggesting that they have been remade from an earlier garment, not necessarily a waistcoat. |
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| Accession number | T.2-1922 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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