Waistcoat
1795-1800 (made)
Not currently on display at the V&A
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Man’s court waistcoat with a 2-inch (5 cm) standing collar, straight fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the hip. There are no pockets, only a pointed pocket flap on each front. The fronts and pocket flaps are made of ivory silk twill, the back of linen. The waistcoat is lined with linen; the front skirts are ivory silk twill, and the front facings ivory silk taffeta. The waistcoat is appliquéd with white silk cord and embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in yellow and shades of green, blue and pink in a pattern of flowers and leaves with a trellised border, on the pocket flaps, collar and along the front edges and hems. The fronts are embroidered with repeating floral sprigs. There are 8 worked buttonholes along the left front with 5 (3 missing) embroidered buttons on the right front.
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Materials and Techniques | Silk, linen; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn |
Brief Description | Man's court waistcoat, 1795-1800, English; ivory silk, embroidered coloured silks |
Physical Description | Man’s court waistcoat with a 2-inch (5 cm) standing collar, straight fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the hip. There are no pockets, only a pointed pocket flap on each front. The fronts and pocket flaps are made of ivory silk twill, the back of linen. The waistcoat is lined with linen; the front skirts are ivory silk twill, and the front facings ivory silk taffeta. The waistcoat is appliquéd with white silk cord and embroidered-to-shape with silk floss in yellow and shades of green, blue and pink in a pattern of flowers and leaves with a trellised border, on the pocket flaps, collar and along the front edges and hems. The fronts are embroidered with repeating floral sprigs. There are 8 worked buttonholes along the left front with 5 (3 missing) embroidered buttons on the right front. |
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Credit line | Given by Messrs Harrods |
Object history | Talbot Hughes collection |
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Accession Number | T.1089-1913 |
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record created | June 24, 2009 |
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