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Jacket
Lounge jacket of English cream silk brocade with pink silk lining, 1720s. Probably worn by Sir Williams Morgan of Tredegar House, Newport. Long sleeves with lace at cuffs. Fifteen button centre-front fastening. Two hip pockets with scalloped flaps.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
23.189.16
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Morgan, Sir William
Association Type: wear
Date: 1720s
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
length (cm):centre back: 68
length (cm):vent opening at centre back: 18.8
diameter (cm):gold thread covered buttons down centre front: 1.5
length (cm):buttonholes: 4.5 (centre front), 4 (on pockets), 2.8 (on cuffs)
width (cm):strips of lace at cuffs: 8
length (cm):sleeve opening at cuff: 12.5
Techniques
brocade
Material
brocade (silk)
metal thread
taffeta
Location
In store
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