Waistcoat
Category
Costume
Date
1780 - 1790
Materials
Textile
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349013
Summary
Waistcoat made from green ribbed silk with a blue wool twill, green grosgrain and cream ribbed cotton on the back. The facings are of cream silk twill and the lining cream fustian. It is trimmed with silver braid oversewn with silver, red and green sequins around the leading edgtes and hems of the foreparts and around the pocket flaps and sides and bottom of the pocket opening. It fastens with 13 buttons embroidered with silver purl and sequins. It has been let out down the centre back. (male)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade