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Description: | Purple silk coat and breeches, with green uncut velvet stripe.
coat: lined cream twilled silk high standing collar, fronts curving away to sides with ten buttons and three buttonholes, cut in one piece with skirt; pocket, white linen, with shaped flap, each side; back in two shaped sections continuing to form centre back of skirt, open below waist with overlap; open and pleated from waist each side of back, caught at hem with button and stitching and with stitching in two places above; long fitting sleeves in two sections, with cuffs; three buttons below each pocket-flap, one at top of each side-back slit, three on each cuff.
breeches: wide waistband lined white cotton, fastening in front with three buttons; white cotton gusset at back fastening with strap lined white cotton and tab with buttonhole; front flap lined cream twilled silk with short slit near top in central seam, fastening with two buttons; pocket, white cotton, each side extending from front to side, fastening towards back with one button; small deep slit pocket (white cotton) in waistband each side of centre front; knee fastening lined white cotton and cream twilled silk with five buttons; one buttonhole in kneeband.
Worn by Sir John Thomas Stanley of Alderley (6th bt 1735 = 1807)
Technique: woven
Material: silk
Material: velvet
suit, 1780 = 1795, (1952.360). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.5873 | Go to resource |
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