Subject: gentleman aristocrat
Culture: Anglo-Irish Protestant
Setting: Protestant Ascendancy, Georgian Ireland 18thc
Object: costume = frock coat, waistcoat, shirt, breeches, hose
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* National Museum of Ireland -- Decorative Arts & History > The Way We Wore
"Coat made in Cork, about 1770 ...
- formal court of superb un-cut silk velvet, probably imported from France
- embroidered with silk thread, applied velvet flowers, satin leaves, paste and spangles
- trimmed with gilt braid and lined with satin
Breeches made in Cork, about 1750-60 ... Shirt and accessories are reproductions
- Irish poplin breeches with a 'small fall' buttoned to the waistband
- the kneebands are embroidered with silver and spangles"
"Coat, Breeches and Vest probably made in Limerick about 1770...
- coat and breeches of ribbed silk velvet trimmed with gold lace
- buttons of gold cord, blue and green enamel and paste [probably imported from France]
- the lining of the upper chest is padded to ensure a manly appearance
- waistcoat of silk woven with silver thread and embroidered with gilt thread and paste"
National Museum of Ireland -- Decorative Arts & History > The Way We Wore *
"Waistcoat embroidered in Ireland, about 1760 ...
This corded silk waistcoat is very heavily embroidered with silver thread in a floral design.
It probably belonged to Maurice Fitzgerald, Knight of Kerry.
People who wore silver embroidery such as this ran the risk of
'friends' cutting the threads to steal the precious metal."
