Coat
Category
Costume
Date
1780 - 1800
Materials
Linen, silk satin, silk
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348773
Summary
Coat made of cypress green and yellow voided silk vent striped with cream. Lined with cream silk satin, linen pockets. Front line curving far back to narrow skirts. Deep stand collar (3.5 in/9 cm). Wide pockets with curved opening and deep scalloped flaps. Side seams set well back, curving to give a narrow tapering back. Wide tack over centre vent. Side vents with false pleats stitched all the way down. Shaped sleeve with close round cuff. Large, flat, self covered buttons. 13 centre front from neck to below waist. 13 buttonholes, only 5 cut. 3 buttons on each cuff (1 missing). 2 hip buttons. Handwritten in ink inside collar 'Berens'. (male) Wade Catalogue number 22 'COAT green velvet with white stripes and dull yellow markings, lined with pearl satin. Marked 'MOISE' in sleeve. French 1770 - 90' Bought for £3.0.0 from Mrs Solomon, from the Berens collection. (Collection of Rev. Randolph Humphrey Berens [1877-1923] sold via his wife Eleanor through Sotheby's in 1923)