Waistcoat
1780-1785 (made)
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Man's waistcoat with round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thigh. Each front has a welted pocket. The fronts are made of silk with narrow stripes of black satin and yellow twill; the back of brown worsted twill. The waistcoat is lined with unbleached fustian; the fronts faced and skirts lined with golden-brown silk twill. The front necks, fronts, hems and pocket welts are edged with a 7mm-wide lace (braid) of woven silk and silver thread. There re 14 worked buttonholes along the left front and 14 corresponding buttons covered with silver-gilt thread on the right front. An additional 13 ubttons are sewn to the left proper of the buttonholes, giving a double-breasted effect. The bottom button and buttonhole are single-breasted and the front edges stepped for the overlap above.
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Materials and techniques | Silk, wool, linen, cotton, silver, gold; hand-woven and hand-sewn. |
Brief description | Man's waistcoat, 1780-85, British; yellow and black striped silk, silver braid, double-breasted |
Physical description | Man's waistcoat with round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thigh. Each front has a welted pocket. The fronts are made of silk with narrow stripes of black satin and yellow twill; the back of brown worsted twill. The waistcoat is lined with unbleached fustian; the fronts faced and skirts lined with golden-brown silk twill. The front necks, fronts, hems and pocket welts are edged with a 7mm-wide lace (braid) of woven silk and silver thread. There re 14 worked buttonholes along the left front and 14 corresponding buttons covered with silver-gilt thread on the right front. An additional 13 ubttons are sewn to the left proper of the buttonholes, giving a double-breasted effect. The bottom button and buttonhole are single-breasted and the front edges stepped for the overlap above. |
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Credit line | Part of the Gorst collection, given by Mrs Katherine Rachael Thomas |
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Accession number | T.77-1962 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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