Live Auction 8799Fine Costume and Textiles
A rare lady's riding habit jacket and waistcoat, of crimson broadcloth, the jacket with turn-down collar and facings buttoned-back to simulate double-breasted fastening, half lined with red-glazed wool, the rest with linen - English, circa 1775 (backing of waistcoat replaced)
Lot 268

A rare lady's riding habit jacket and waistcoat, of crimson broadcloth, the jacket with turn-down collar and facings buttoned-back to simulate double-breasted fastening, half lined with red-glazed wool, the rest with linen - English, circa 1775 (backing of waistcoat replaced)

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GBP 8,812

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A rare lady's riding habit jacket and waistcoat, of crimson broadcloth, the jacket with turn-down collar and facings buttoned-back to simulate double-breasted fastening, half lined with red-glazed wool, the rest with linen - English, circa 1775 (backing of waistcoat replaced)
See Colour Plate 7 (2)

Miss Fowler and the Paul Family, Wilncote House, Nr. Tamworth

Specialist note

There is a similar riding habit in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 269 to B-1890