Subject: gentleman aristocrat
Culture: Anglo-Irish Protestant
Setting: Protestant Ascendancy, Georgian Ireland 18thc
Object: costume = frock coat, waistcoat, shirt, breeches, hose
* 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"
