Coat
Category
Costume
Date
1780
Materials
Bone, sheffield plate, cardboard, satin, linen, hessian, cotton, silk, wool
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348795
Summary
Coat - Made of indigo blue wool cloth, striped with cream and light blue twill. Lined with cream silk, sleeves lined with cotton. Interlining woven hessian and linen. Front line curving away from chest. Medium step stand collar. Pockets with v-shaped opening and small, scalloped flap. Edge-to-edge back vent, narrow pleated side vents. Shaped sleeves with deep, round cuffs. Embroidered with a border design of flowers and leaves worked in fawn, brown and pink silks in satin, stem and knot stitches. Edging of satin stitched over cardboard strip. Large, moulded silver-plated copper on bone base buttons, 10 from neck to hip. Hip buttons. 2 buttonholes on chest. Cuffs possibly altered.