Infant's clothing. A set of garments for a small boy, probably late 18th century (with later additions), comprising: a cream silk waistcoat with embroidery down the front of each side and on ornamental pocket flaps, hand-worked in silks with flower sprays in pink, blue, green, yellow, cream, and brown, edged with metallic trim, fastened with covered button at the top (one missing below) and 12 small round pierced metal buttons (last two missing), cotton back, chest 62cm (24.5ins), length 47cm (18.5ins), a pair of matching lined cream silk breeches, three metal buttons to bottom of each leg (one on each side matching those on waistcoat), buttons to waist renewed, waist 60cm (23.5ins), length 46cm (18ins), and a later lined bottle green velvet coat, with metallic braid frogging, mandarin collar, ornamental pocket flaps, rear vent, long sleeves utilising earlier wide cream silk cuffs with embroidery matching waistcoat, chest 62cm (24.5ins), sleeves 31cm (12.25ins), length 56cm (22ins), silk to all three garments much perished (but embroidery intact), breeches with some period darns (Qty: 3)
Infant's clothing. A set of garments for a small boy, probably late 18th century (with later additions), comprising: a cream silk waistcoat with embroidery down the front of each side and on ornamental pocket flaps, hand-worked in silks with flower sprays in pink, blue, green, yellow, cream, and brown, edged with metallic trim, fastened with covered button at the top (one missing below) and 12 small round pierced metal buttons (last two missing), cotton back, chest 62cm (24.5ins), length 47cm (18.5ins), a pair of matching lined cream silk breeches, three metal buttons to bottom of each leg (one on each side matching those on waistcoat), buttons to waist renewed, waist 60cm (23.5ins), length 46cm (18ins), and a later lined bottle green velvet coat, with metallic braid frogging, mandarin collar, ornamental pocket flaps, rear vent, long sleeves utilising earlier wide cream silk cuffs with embroidery matching waistcoat, chest 62cm (24.5ins), sleeves 31cm (12.25ins), length 56cm (22ins), silk to all three garments much perished (but embroidery intact), breeches with some period darns (Qty: 3)
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