EMBROIDERED SILK WAISTCOAT, ENGLAND, 1770s

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  • Lot: 168
  • April 20, 2016 NYC
  • New York City
Cream silk woven w/ green & rose flowers & metallic silver ribbon, silver sequin embroidery, 2 flap pockets w/ 3 buttons beneath, 12 CF gilt buttons, coarse cotton backing, cotton & silk linings, CH 35", L 28", (back unstitched, faint underarm stain, few light grey smudges) very good. Provenance: James de Saumarez, Admiral in British Navy, purchased at auction in 2005 at Shrublands, Broke-Saumerez estate. Photo of a de Saumerez portrait included. Kochan-Troiani collections.


  • Price Realized: $ 276.75
  • Category: Gents
  • Era: 18th C

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