Coat
Category
Costume
Date
1790
Materials
Silk, linen, canvas
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348794
Summary
Coat - Made of cream silk tabby. Lined with cream silk in body. Sleeves lined linen. Interlining sized canvas - 2 layers of different grades stuck together. Whole body stiffened. Front line sharply curved at chest, cut away leaving no front skirts. Seam all round at waist. Medium stand collar. Flase, scalloped pocket flaps from waist seam. Tapered back. Edge-to-edge centre vent. Pleated flase side vents. Shaped sleeve with stitched down cuff. Large domed, wooden, self-covered buttons, 4 from neck to chest. 3 false below each pocket flap. 3 on each cuff. 2 hip buttons. 1 buttonhole on chest. Appears to have been made from another garment.