Coat
Category
Costume
Date
1760 - 1770
Materials
Silk, silk twill, linen, steel
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348779
Summary
Coat - Made of fawn ribbed silk with broad rib alternating zigzag rib. Lined with cream silk twill., Pocket and sleeve lined with linen. Interlining of unbleached linen. Fron line curves away. Medium stand collar. Pockets with curved openings and scalloped flaps. Narrow back, edge to edge back vent with side folds. Double pleated side 'vents' closed all down. Fitted sleeve with small curved cuff, slightly winged. Self covered buttons. 9 from neck to mid line. 3 false on each pocket. 2 hip butons and 2 on each vent. Front buttonholes all cut with a flap of lining covering the backs to half the width. Bent steel wire hook and eye at neck and chest for edge to edge closure. Dart taken both sides from front to side seam across top to pocket flap - done before present lining. Former seam line beside side seams - possibly let out before sleeves set in. Mark of formed fold line on cuffs. Side vents narrowed. Label 'No. 16'. Initials inside 'M.S.I.'. Could have been made from another coat. Line drawing with inventory card. (male)