Riding Habit Jacket
1890 (made)
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Riding habit. Knee length jacket of black tweed, seamed and fitted to figure, fastining from the waist to rather high lapels with 8 bone buttons. The sleeves are long, the padding slightly stressed at the shoulder, and the cuffs are demarcated by a double row of machine stitching and trimmed with 3 small buttons with false holes. The coat is lined with black twill silk, but faced back at the bottom with a broad band of self material. The sleeves are lined with white silk. Stitched to the centre back is a white satin label, on which a royal crest is woven in black.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tweed jacked lined with silk |
| Brief description | Tweed riding habit, Busvine, England, 1890 |
| Physical description | Riding habit. Knee length jacket of black tweed, seamed and fitted to figure, fastining from the waist to rather high lapels with 8 bone buttons. The sleeves are long, the padding slightly stressed at the shoulder, and the cuffs are demarcated by a double row of machine stitching and trimmed with 3 small buttons with false holes. The coat is lined with black twill silk, but faced back at the bottom with a broad band of self material. The sleeves are lined with white silk. Stitched to the centre back is a white satin label, on which a royal crest is woven in black. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'By Appointment to Her majesty the Queen, BUSVINE 4 Brook St., No. 2796 Mrs. T.Ashton-Gwatkin.' (Woven beside a royal crest to the centre-back.) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs O Brien |
| Object history | Registered File number 1963/2064 |
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| Accession number | T.158-1963 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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