Waistcoat
Category
Costume
Date
1780 - 1790
Materials
Textile
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349022
Summary
Waistcoat made from cream ribbed silk with a cream silk twill back. It has cream silk twill facings and part lining and a cream linen back. It is embroidered all over with silk in a design of flowers and scales in lilac and green. The foreparts and pockets are embroidered in matching round wire braid. The original buttons are silk covered and embroidered. (male)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade