Coat
Category
Costume
Date
1740
Materials
Textile
Measurements
1066 mm (Length)1005 mm (C)
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1402230
Summary
FEL25c. Man's country coat. Grey-blue frock coat in napped wool tabby cloth, lined with black glazed twill woollen fabric, the sleeves lined with linen canvas. Black velvet collar. 10 death's head covered buttons worked in black silk to just below waist. Button holes very long and half stitched up. Side vents in skirt with 3 pleats and 3 buttons. Back vent with deep pleat. Very deep cuffs, stitched down to sleeve. Curved pocket holes, pocket lined with brown chevron twill, probably linen-wool. Two pocket flaps, the outer large and lined, the inner small, unlined and fastened with 1 button. c.1740. Exhibited at Sainsbury Centre 1980, Blickling 1981.