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Riding Habit Jacket

1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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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Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Width: 28in
  • Length: 33in
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
Collection
Accession number
T.158-1963

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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