Banyan
Category
Costume
Date
1780 - 1800
Materials
Cotton, printed cotton
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348897
Summary
Dressing gown; Banyan - Made of cream and cinnamon striped cotton. Lined with unbleached cotton. Front straight cut; side back seams slightly curved; no seam at waist; sword slit in left vent; deep pocket in right vent, vertical flaps fastened with 2 buttons with 1 at top of vents (1 missing). Sleeves curved with 2.5 (64 mm) flase cuffs fastened with 2 buttons. Stand and fall collar fastened with 1 button (missing). 10 self-covered buttons down front with 5 buttonholes. A 6th buttonhole added later, button missing.
Provenance
Given to national Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade