Jacket
Jacket
ca. 1820 (made)
ca. 1820 (made)
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Woman's jacket of black felt, with applied bands of coloured silks, black velvet, silver lace and gimp, and embroidered in coloured silks, tinsel, spangles and glass beads. It has a square opening at the neck and wide cuffs, trimmed with a broad border of close repeating designs of interlacing stems, stripes and rosettes in colours and silver. The Breton word for this jacket is giletten.
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Title | Jacket |
Materials and techniques | Woollen felt with applied silks, velvet and lace, embroidered in silks and trimmed with spangles and glass beads |
Brief description | Jacket, woollen felt, silk, velvet, lace, sequins, glass beads, Brittany, France, ca. 1820 |
Physical description | Woman's jacket of black felt, with applied bands of coloured silks, black velvet, silver lace and gimp, and embroidered in coloured silks, tinsel, spangles and glass beads. It has a square opening at the neck and wide cuffs, trimmed with a broad border of close repeating designs of interlacing stems, stripes and rosettes in colours and silver. The Breton word for this jacket is giletten. |
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Object history | This jacket was a wedding garment worn by the bride at a wedding in the district between Quimperlé and Pont-Aven, Finistère. Purchased (16 to 20-1902, £25). Registered File number 36225/1901. See also RP 90589/1901, (file) RP 2353/1902. |
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Accession number | 17-1902 |
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Record created | August 1, 2000 |
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