Shabraque
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wool
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Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 1175858
Summary
A shabraque or saddle cloth, possibly of the 7th Hussars. Dark blue, fulled, wool edged in a red fulled wool which is pinked and on this there is laid a wide gold braid. There is a leather strap, a pale blue silk tie up towards the front. Interlined with a canvas and lined with a heavy, patterned weave, cotton.