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Morton stated in an interview that he sometimes had clothes made for  himself in his workrooms during slack periods and it seems likely that the waistcoat was among these garments. He is also known to have worn  a ‘house jacket’ made from an antique cashmere shawl with a silk velvet collar and cuffs. \r\nRelatively few couture garments designed by Morton survive and and the majority are either tailored wool suits or evening clothes made in dark fabrics. However reports about Morton's work in his lifetime stress his use use of colour. The range of multi-coloured plain and patterned silks used to create this waistcoat provide material evidence of this.","physicalDescription":"Man's patchwork backless evening waistcoat. The fronts are made from a range of plain and patterned silks, mounted on five-sided patches, arranged in a honeycomb pattern. The waistcoat has a black silk satin collar with black elastic (now degraded) at the centre back  neck, and black silk satin revers, cut with a straight edge, which run from neck to waist. The centre front waist is trimmed with black cord frogging which simulates a toggle and loop.The waistcoat is lined with ivory ribbed slk. 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