Coat
Category
Costume
Date
1765 - 1775
Materials
Canvas, cotton, taffeta, shot silk, metal
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348764
Summary
Male coat made of pink/green shot silk taffeta. Partly lined unbleached cotton. Open front, curving gently away from neck. No waist seam. Overlapped back vent. Side vent only partly open, with flap, the rest closed with a run and fell seam. Unbleached canvas pocket attached inside right-hand opening. Narrow stand collar. Shaped sleeve with close round cuff. Cuttons later additions. Large buttons covered with green embossed metal foil decorated with purl and paste jewels; 5 centre front, 3 on each cuff, 2 at hips, all false. Line drawing with inventory record. (male)
Provenance
Charles Paget Wade Collection