Jacket
Category
Costume
Date
1880 - 1910
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Place of origin
Goa
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1350434
Summary
Black silk jacket partly lined with cotton. Embroidered overall in satin stitch in cream silk with touches of yellows, reds and blue. The design is of people in various situations with buildings, flowers, birds and animals. There is a narrow border design of trailing sprays of flowers in cream, lemon, crimson and green. It fastens with 4 buttons. Possibly made by Chinese or Indians influenced by Chinese from the East Coast (Goa). (female)
Provenance
Charles Paget Wade Collection, Snowshill Manor