Stole
Category
Costume
Date
1800 - 1810
Materials
Silk, Wool
Measurements
2090 mm (Length)508 mm (W)
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348904
Summary
Stole - Twilled silk with wool fillover. Banana coloured ground. Plain field; 8 inch (204mm) border at ends with two rows pines inbuff, black and guardsman red. Smaller sprays between. Narrow border 0.75 inch (19mm) sewn on sides and woven in at bottom. Scarce short fringe knotted on ends. 20 inch (508mm) x 102 inch (2090mm). Very clumsy design. cf Nancy Bradfield 'Costume in Detail' p. 115.
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade