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The double-breasted style was popular for coats and waistcoats in the late 1790s. A grid of purple and white silk ribbons has been laid over the white silk taffeta of this waistcoat, with buttons covered in silk threads of the same colours to match.","physicalDescription":"Man's waistcoat with a 2-inch (5 cm) collar, revers, straight fronts and hems, reaching to the waist. There are no pockets, only a pocket welt on each front. The fronts, collar, pocket welts and revers are made of white silk taffeta, overlaid with ⅛ inch (3 mm) silk ribbons in purple and white knotted in a grid and diagonal pattern arrangement.  The back and lining are made of bleached cotton.  The edges of the collar, pocket welts, fronts and hem are bound with ⅜ inch (9 mm) purple silk ribbon.  The waistcoat has a double-breasted effect with 9 purple and white silk thread covered buttons set back from 7 worked buttonholes on the left front and 9 purple and white silk thread covered buttons on the right front.\r\n\r\nThe waistcoat was altered in the 19th century, probably for fancy dress.   The bottom 6 buttons on the right front were moved to the right front edge; part of the centre back seam was unpicked and then roughly resewn. 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