Lot 130
LATE GEORGIAN GENTLEMAN'S SILK EMBROIDERED COURT WAISTCOAT
CIRCA 1780-1820
Auction: Five Centuries Day One | Wed 9th September | Lots 1 to 255
Description
constructed of champagne silk dotted with flower sprigs, the standing collar, plackets and pocket flaps embroidered with a wide border of leaves and flowers ochre, golds, greens and light blue
Dimensions
back length 54cm; chest 42cm wide approx.
Provenance
Previously sold Woolley & Wallis, 30th July 1997, Lot 395
Footnote
For a similar waistcoat with wide foliate borders and a field of repeating floral sprays, dated circa 1800-1810, see V&A, London, Accession Number T.1086-1913