WHITE BROADCLOTH WAISTCOAT & BREECHES, AMERICA, 1750-1760s

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  • Lot: 141
  • December 2021 Vintage - Decades of Decadence
  • Brattleboro, VT 05301
White wool waistcoat & drop front breeches both w/ gold embroidered basket weave over foil covered boxwood button & extended gold braid button holes, lined in glazed wool twill, 1750-1760, inked “Timothy Thorton 1726-1787”, CH 38", W 37", breeches W 32", L 20.25"-25", inseam 15.5", (worn, stains/discoloration, tiny-1" holes throughout, 3.5" seam opening left coat pocket flap, trim tarnished, tearing CB W V on breeches, leg cuffs torn & missing buttons) poor. Provenance: Dr. James Brown Thornton. The Costume Collection of the National Society for the Colonial Dames of America.

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  • Price Realized: $ 7187.5
  • Category: Gents
  • Era: 18th C

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