[Folkard, Charles]. The artist's painting smock coat, early-mid 20th century, long smock coat, handmade in linen, with collar, long sleeves with cuffs, and two patch pockets, machine stitched seams, yoke, pockets, and sleeves smocked by hand in cream thread, hand-stitched button holes to front opening and cuffs (lacking buttons), some staining and marks, one 6" drip of white paint to right-hand smocked area of yoke, linen hanging loop inside neck broken, length 109 cm (43 ins), sleeve length 59 cm (23.25 ins) (Qty: 1) Provenance: From the artist and thence by descent. The smocking is believed by the family to have been stitched by the artist's daughter, Janet (born 1917). The photograph of Charles Folkard wearing the smock and leaning over a garden gate was taken in the 1950s in Winchelsea, Sussex, where he and his son built a cottage on the Ridge near the beach. Before becoming an artist, Charles Folkard was a magician and performed Punch and Judy shows, appearing under the pseudonym 'Professor Volkard'. It is thought that he probably wore a velvet jacket and velvet smoking hat when in this guise. He only realised his artistic talents when he began designing programmes for his conjuring shows. Family reminiscences recall that at least one of his small grandsons found Folkard's Punch and Judy shows quite terrifying, whilst later he cut quite a figure in his smock.
[Folkard, Charles]. The artist's painting smock coat, early-mid 20th century, long smock coat, handmade in linen, with collar, long sleeves with cuffs, and two patch pockets, machine stitched seams, yoke, pockets, and sleeves smocked by hand in cream thread, hand-stitched button holes to front opening and cuffs (lacking buttons), some staining and marks, one 6" drip of white paint to right-hand smocked area of yoke, linen hanging loop inside neck broken, length 109 cm (43 ins), sleeve length 59 cm (23.25 ins) (Qty: 1) Provenance: From the artist and thence by descent. The smocking is believed by the family to have been stitched by the artist's daughter, Janet (born 1917). The photograph of Charles Folkard wearing the smock and leaning over a garden gate was taken in the 1950s in Winchelsea, Sussex, where he and his son built a cottage on the Ridge near the beach. Before becoming an artist, Charles Folkard was a magician and performed Punch and Judy shows, appearing under the pseudonym 'Professor Volkard'. It is thought that he probably wore a velvet jacket and velvet smoking hat when in this guise. He only realised his artistic talents when he began designing programmes for his conjuring shows. Family reminiscences recall that at least one of his small grandsons found Folkard's Punch and Judy shows quite terrifying, whilst later he cut quite a figure in his smock.
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