Coat
Category
Costume
Date
1760 - 1769
Materials
Horsehair, polyester satin, silk twill, silk velvet
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348796.1
Summary
Coat - Made of rose brown uncut silk velvet. Design of green flowers on ground of cream stems and stripes. Originally lined cream silk twill. Relined recently with cream polyester satin. Horsehair interlining to skirts. Front line curved very gently. Bound neck - no collar. Pockets with deep 'v' opening and deeply scalloped flap. Skirts flared at side seam. Wide back - becoming wider towards mid-line. Edge-to-edge centre vent with a fold to either side. Deeply pleated side vents. Evidence that the vent was caught together near the hem. Shaped sleeves with very deep round cuff. 2 wide false butonholes to either side of top of centre vent. Medium size-domed, self-covered buttons. 12 from neck to hip. 3 to trim each cuff. 3 as a trim below each pocket flap with 2 false buttonholes on the flap. 2 hip buttons. Buttons centre-front. Wide part-cut buttonholes. Line drawing with inventory card.