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Spencer,outerwear,coat

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MT.2043

Pink silk spencer with front opening and turn down collar, applied decoration of pink satin rouleaux loops with 5 rouleaux strips at wrist and 2 rows at lower edge, collar piped in silk, 3 layers of `leaf' decoration on epaulettes over straight sleeves; c.1815. MT.2043

Object: Spencer,outerwear,coat

Material: spencer: silk collar: buckram lining: cotton

Technique: spencer: hand stitched collar: hand stitched lining: hand stitched

Dimensions: Length: 300 mm (CB)
Length: 160 mm (CF)
Width: 350 mm (chest)

Production: 19th century, 1817 - 1819