Doublet
Category
Costume
Date
1660 - 1670
Materials
Silk
Measurements
585 mm (Length); 1530 mm (Circumference); 860 mm (Circumference)
Collection
Claydon House, Buckinghamshire
NT 1446624.3
Summary
A PAIR OF BREECHES. A man's doublet, Spanish cloak, petticoat breeches, pair of gloves and sword belt. Of figured cream brocatelle. Lined. The breeches trimmed with large bunches of ribbons. Pair of petticoat breeches of cream/gold coloured figured silk (matching the cloak). Trimmed at waist and side legs with bunches of coloured silk ribbons, with additional ribbon decoration around hem edge. Fully lined with linen with two inside pockets, one on front and one on the back made of chamois leather. Eight metal hooks sewn onto outside of waistband to attach to doublet. Circa 1660’s
Provenance
Linked to a bill in the Verney family archive dated 18 May 1660 and thought to have been made for the wedding of Sir Edmund Verney (1636-88); by descent in the Verney family; accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust for display at Claydon House, 2005.
References
Samuel Pepys: Plague, Fire, Revolution (Ed. Margarette Lincoln), National Maritime Museum, 20th November 2015 - 28th March 2016, Cat. 59, p.124 Reynolds 2013: Anna Reynolds In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion Royal Collection Trust, 2013, pp.92-95