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- Glistening silver embroidery decorates the pocket flap of this blue silk waistcoat dating from the 1740s. Silver thread, purl (metal thread wound into a short coil), strip and spangles (sequins) comprise the decoration which covers the pocket flaps and the front and lower edges of the waistcoat. Each pocket flap has a button stitched on both corners and four sewn below. All are decorative and there are no buttonholes.
This waistcoat could have formed part of a wedding ensemble, as the combination of blue and silver was fashionable for the bridegroom in the 18th century. In Samuel Richardson’s novel, <i>Pamela</i> (1741), Mr B. wears such a waistcoat to his wedding to Pamela. Similarly, the hero of <i>The Adventures of Sir Lancelot Greaves</i>, by Tobias Smollet (1760) marries in a ‘white coat and blue sattin vest, both embroidered with silver’. (en)
- A man's waistcoat of blue ribbed silk, embroidered with silver thread, strip, purl and spangles, lined with silk (en)
- M, British, 1740s; Sleeveless, blue silk embroidered with silver thread (en)
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| - Unique (en)
- Glistening silver embroidery decorates the pocket flap of this blue silk waistcoat dating from the 1740s. Silver thread, purl (metal thread wound into a short coil), strip and spangles (sequins) comprise the decoration which covers the pocket flaps and the front and lower edges of the waistcoat. Each pocket flap has a button stitched on both corners and four sewn below. All are decorative and there are no buttonholes.
This waistcoat could have formed part of a wedding ensemble, as the combination of blue and silver was fashionable for the bridegroom in the 18th century. In Samuel Richardson’s novel, <i>Pamela</i> (1741), Mr B. wears such a waistcoat to his wedding to Pamela. Similarly, the hero of <i>The Adventures of Sir Lancelot Greaves</i>, by Tobias Smollet (1760) marries in a ‘white coat and blue sattin vest, both embroidered with silver’. (en)
- A man's waistcoat of blue ribbed silk, embroidered with silver thread, strip, purl and spangles, lined with silk (en)
- M, British, 1740s; Sleeveless, blue silk embroidered with silver thread (en)
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| - 1740 / 1749, United Kingdom
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