Coat
Category
Costume
Date
1765 - 1775
Materials
steel, cotton wool, glazed wool, cotton sateen, wool
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348768
Summary
Coat made from coral pink napped wool. Skirts lined with copper brown cotton sateen. Body lined with faded pink glazed wool. Sleeves lined with unbleached fustian. Collar backed camel-coloured napped wool. Shoulders padded with cotton wool. Double-breasted cut, curving away from the chest. Rolling cape collar. Poachers pocket on left side. Narrow back. Overlapped back vent. Side vents joined at intervals, triple-pleated. Shaped sleeves with cuffs a la mariniere. Fastened with cut steel buttons; 10 pairs front from below neck to hipline, only 7 buttonholes cut. 2 hip buttons, another on each side vent, 3 on each cuff. Small steel wire hook and eye at neck, another at 4th button. A country coat. Line drawing attached to inventory card. (male)