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1770s 1780-85, United Kingdom

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Victoria and Albert MuseumVictoria and Albert Museum
Identifier
CIRC.124-1963
Acquisition
Part of the Gorst collection, given by Mrs Katherine Rachael Thomas
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Technique
Twill (weave)
Depiction
  • Floral motif 42%
  • Vegetal motif 44%
  • Vegetal motif 41%
  • Vegetal motif 38%
Dimension
128 cm (circumference)
80.4 cm (length)
Production time
1770s 1780-85
Production place
United Kingdom
Type of object
costume
fabrics
men's attire

Description

A man's waistcoat with round neckline, curving fronts and skirts reaching to the top of the thigh. Each front has a pocket and a shaped pocket flap. The fronts are made of black silk satin, the backs of black glazed worsted twill. The waistcoat is lined with unbleached fustian; the fronts are faced and the skirts lined with black glazed worsted twill. There are 13 worked buttonholes along the left front; there were 13 corresponding black silk thread-covered buttons along the right front (top button now missing). The waistcoat was altered to update the style, probably during the early 1780s; the shaped pocket flap was unpicked and sewn upside down, in the manner of a welt. It was also altered for size; insertions of linen and black glazed worsted twill were made at the side and centre back seams. Man's waistcoat, Great Britain, 1770s; black silk satin and black glazed worsted, altered 1780-1785.

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