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984183001
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A woman's jacket; hip-length, with long sleeves. Made from natural cream tabby woven wool cloth, fulled. Straight in the body with sleeves set in at right angles. Pieces machine stitched together, some seams top stitched with a double row. Two rectangular pieces of dark red wool woven cloth stitched to either side of centre front opening, small rounded collar. Two vertical panels near edge decorated with couched plied, plaited and looped red silk braid and gold-coloured metal-wrapped thread. A scrolling foliate panel at outer edge. Nineteen gold- and silver-coloured metal filigree buttons stitched to right edge (as worn), with twelve loops on the opposite side. Lower sleeve made from same dark red woollen cloth as front panel. Wide panel of couched decoration at sleeve end; vent. Lined, like collar, with grey cotton tabby cloth with fine yellow stripe. Fastened with two pairs of metal hooks and eyes on each sleeve.
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