Waistcoat
Category
Costume
Date
1770 - 1780
Materials
Textile
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349010
Summary
Waistcoat made from blue ribbed silk with a back of green wool twill. It is lined with green silk twill facings and cream linen. It is embroidered brown and silver jap in running sprays with silver sequins on leading edges and hem of the foreparts and pockets flap. It fastens with 11 buttons embroidered with silver jap, brown silk and silver sequins. The centre back is let out then taken in. Possibly homemade. (male)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade