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Description: | Commander's Uniform. Navy wool tail coat. Lapels, collar and cuffs of navy/black velvet decorated with embroidered metal threads rather than gold lace. Lined with cream silk. Ten pairs of buttons on lapels, three on each cuff and two either side of the collar. Six buttons in pleats in the tails and two beneath each pocket flap. Embroidery in twist pattern on lapels, cuffs, collar and pocket flaps.
caption: East India Company coat & stock (UNI0161)
caption: East India Company coat, detail of buttons& gold braid
caption: Honourable East India Co uniform: pattern 1830 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Treasures of the National Maritime Museum coats | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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