Sleeved waistcoat
Category
Costume
Date
1740 - 1750
Materials
Linen
Measurements
685 mm (H)
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349001
Summary
Sleeved waistcoat made from fine white linen with a back of white linen and lining of coarser white linen. It is trimmed with a band of whitework down the front and on the hem of the foreparts and cuffs. There are 7 fabric covered buttons and one dorset wheel on each sleeve. The sleeves have been lengthened twice from the top. Possibly German or Scandinavian?. (male)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade