Waistcoat
Category
Costume
Date
1780 - 1790
Materials
Textile
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349026
Summary
Waistcoat made from ivory silk satin with a cream wool twill back. There are cream silk facings and the skirts are lined with silk twill and the rest with cream linen. It is trimmed with multicoloured silk embroidery of running sprays of flowers down the leading edges, pocket flaps and collar. There are individual flowers overall. The buttons are silk covered and embroidered. (male)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade