Coat
Category
Costume
Date
1720 - 1729
Materials
Brass, silk velvet, hessian, wool
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348787
Summary
Coat - Made of grey napped wool. Lined with old rose and blue wool (or wool/cotton). Pattern of small diamonds wef-faced. Interlining unbleached hessian. Open front with wide, straight trimmed lapels from neck to hem. Collarless. Seamed at hip (possibly an alteration). Wide back with centre seam and curved side seams. Skirt flared from hip seam. Edge-to-edge centre vent. Triple-pleated side vents - now open, at one time stitched into pleats. Wide set-in sleeves ending short of the wrist with very deep, loose round cuff. Tripped with narrow strips of purple silk velvet, stamped with zigzag design and edged with gold braid. All down both front lapels in groups of 3. 2 groups of 3 on front skirts, 3 x 3 each side centre vent. 3 x 3 on each cuff. Small domed, shaped brass buttons, 1 on each velvet strip centre-front, centre-back and cuffs. 3 on each strip on skirts (marked ? 'R White, New St' and 3 other marks). 2 hip buttons. Appears to have been shortened - this would account for the hip seam, lack of pockets and awkward appearance of back hip seam. Line drawing with inventory card.