Uniform jacket
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cloth, Leather, Silk
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Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1258154
Summary
Uniform jacket in dark blue Bristol cloth, a 'bum freezer', edged with silver lace. With tiny silver bobbles down the front edge but it is fastened with hooks. The upstanding collar is in red as are the cuffs both edged with silver lace. A silver plait covers the seam where the collar joins the jacket and the buttons on the cuffs are marked 'Queen's Own DYC'. The epaulets are silver plaits with a button. The lining is of buff silk twill and it is interlined and quilted, a leather band at the waist. The edge of the jacket has two silver shapes accentuating the point at the centre back.