Coat
Category
Costume
Date
1790
Materials
Metal, linen, cotton, sateen, satin, silk velvet
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348788
Summary
Coat - Made of black silk velvet. Original lining of cream satin. Relined cream sateen. Sleeves lined cotton/linen mix (fustian). Pockets bleached linen. Interlining sized coarse linen. Front line curved well back leaving no front skirts. Deep stand collar. Pockets with deep, scalloped flaps. Side seams set well back. No waist seam. Tackover centre vent (now stitched up). Side vents with 2 narrow pleats (now stitched up). Narrow, fitting sleeves with high shoulder. Some fullness at head. Close, round cuff. 9 buttonholes from neck to waist. Small, self-covered buttons, 9 centre front, 3 on each cuff and below each pocket flap. 2 hip buttons, 2 more of each side vent (1 missing). 4 buttonholes on chest cut. 2 sets of hooks and eyes for edge-to-edge closure (1 eye missing). Has been relined, vents stitched closed, lining covering side vent.