Waistcoat
1740-1749 (made)
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Man’s waistcoat with a round neck, curving 2-piece sleeves, fronts curving from neck to hem and skirts reaching between the top of the knee and mid-thigh. There are no pockets, only a pointed pocket flap on each front. The fronts, cuffs, pocket flaps and back skirts are made of pink uncut silk velvet with a voided satin ground. The back and sleeves are made of scarlet worsted twill. The waistcoat is lined with fustian, the sleeves with linen. There are 14 buttonholes, bound with silk-wrapped parchment strips, along the left front edge and 14 corresponding buttons covered with pink silk thread on the right front.
The sleeves were originally stitched to the top half of the armscye only, then later sewn to the lower half
The sleeves were originally stitched to the top half of the armscye only, then later sewn to the lower half
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, linen, cotton, wool; hand-woven, velvet weave, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Man's sleeved waistcoat, 1740s, British; Pink uncut velvet, red worsted sleeves |
| Physical description | Man’s waistcoat with a round neck, curving 2-piece sleeves, fronts curving from neck to hem and skirts reaching between the top of the knee and mid-thigh. There are no pockets, only a pointed pocket flap on each front. The fronts, cuffs, pocket flaps and back skirts are made of pink uncut silk velvet with a voided satin ground. The back and sleeves are made of scarlet worsted twill. The waistcoat is lined with fustian, the sleeves with linen. There are 14 buttonholes, bound with silk-wrapped parchment strips, along the left front edge and 14 corresponding buttons covered with pink silk thread on the right front. The sleeves were originally stitched to the top half of the armscye only, then later sewn to the lower half |
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| Accession number | T.71-1951 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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