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Brocade Waistcoat
1785-95

Particularly nice buttons.

Cataloguing

of ivory silk woven with a horizontal black stripe and a self coloured wavy vertical line, with half green and half pinky/orange silk ovals, the high neck and lapels and double breasted front, the buttons embroidered in ivory silks in four sections with additional pinky orange designs, the back of same fabric, lined with linen, underarm 38 in or 98 cm; length shoulder to hem 23 in or 59 cm

Condition

In very fresh and crisp condition. There is a slight brown stain near the 1st and 2nd row of buttons on right hand side, as you look at i 1/2 x 1 in or 1.5 x 2.5 cm. Another smaller a little lower down.