waistcoat

Waistcoat, brostpelz. Woman’s bodice, embroidered with mercerized cotton and gold thread, red leather applications. Floral designs (bunches of roses) round the neck and one bunch in front (lower front), on one side and the other the date of confection. On the right and left side, red leather applications, sewn with blue thread and a bunch of flowers. The bodice is fastened on the left side. At the back red leather applications and a rose on each side. The edges are trimmed with red leather. (Lambskin, red leather, mercerised cotton and gold thread). Length 465mm, width 420mm.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1957.254xix
PLACE
COLLECTION
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
leather
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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