Coat
Category
Costume
Date
1790 - 1800
Materials
Silk satin, brocade, velvet
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348799.1
Summary
Coat - Made from brocaded velvet. Yellow-green ground, black pile, pale peach spots. Stiff. Lined with cream silk satin, green/pink striped selvedge. Fustian pockets. Front line curved well back leaving no front skirts. Very deep stand collar. Wide pocket with curved opening and deep scalloped flap. Narrow back, sloping shoulder seams. Tackover centre-vent. Double pleated side vents, held together at intervals. Shaped sleeves with slight fullness at head. Deep, close round cuff. Small, self-covered buttons, 9 from neck to mid-line (1 missing) 3 false on each cuff (1 missing). 3 false on each pocket. 2 hip buttons. (2 loose buttons in pockets). 2 cut buttonholes at chest. (male)