Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 580
AN 18TH CENTURY IVORY SILK AND FLORAL EMBROIDERED GENTLEMAN'S WAISTCOAT, pockets with faux flaps, six silk covered plain buttons, cotton lined and cotton back, later added buckled adjuster at back with partial label, approximate length 68cm, together with a 19th Century long cotton shirt with frilled front, stiff collar and cuffs and a later white bow tie (3) (condition: colours are still good to embroidery, some staining to silk to the left hand side, also maybe some fitting adjustments to the back, the back and interior cotton are grubby with age) The bow tie is slightly discoloured and this is patchy, it is fitted with a metal buckle with two metal clips stitched in at the back to help hold in onto a collar, the shirt is machine sewn, the shirt has a small tear on the right hand side of the front of the shirt, there is a large vertical split between two seams behind the button holed frill, with another smaller hole on the left hand side of the horizontal band of cotton under the edge of the frilled section, the shirt is made of up of lots of sections and most have been complicated to sew, there are dirty marks here and there throughout the shirt, the waistcoat under the arms is in good condition, the main staining is on the right hand side of the waistcoat but there are a few lesser patches, as mentioned in the description, the cotton lining and back are very grubby
