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The low cut waistcoats of the 1850s meant that the patterns on the front panel were often visible.<br><br><b>Historical Associations</b><br>This shirt was exhibited in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Class XX  'Articles of Clothing, for Immediate Practical or Domestic Use'. The 'Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue' (page 578, No. 22) describes it as a 'shirt of peculiar construction....exhibiting specimens of English embroidery'.  In the 'Reports by the Juries on 30 classes' it is stated that the manufacturers Wheeler & Ablett were given 'Honourable Mention' for 'a shirt, elaborately embroidered and very well made'.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>The embroidery is extremely fine and the design is similar to continental whitework embroidery of around the same date.  The two sides of the front panel of the shirt are embroidered with symmetrical designs incorporating a church, a woman holding a parasol and a man holding a stick, all surrounded by flowers and foliage. The figures of the man and woman in front of a church  suggest that this shirt may be connected with a wedding.","physicalDescription":"Hand embroidered shirt in display box","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Wheeler & Ablett","id":"A9250"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"AAT25230"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"cotton","id":"AAT14067"}],"techniques":[{"text":"embroidery","id":"x40351"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"embroidered cotton","categories":[{"text":"Europeana Fashion Project","id":"THES265804"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2006AM1538","2006AL7690","2006AL7689","2020MT1399"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"012","id":"THES309332"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"012","id":"THES309332"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"006","id":"THES306658"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Box","id":""}],[{"text":"Shirt","id":""}],[{"text":"Scarf","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1850","earliest":"1845-01-01","latest":"1854-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Messrs Wheeler Ltd.","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Made by the firm of Wheeler & Ablett,  Manufacturers, London","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Man's whitework shirt with exhibition box","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nMEDAL-WINNING SHIRT<br>\nDress shirts of this period were often enriched with fine embroidery. The official catalogue of the Exhibition described this as a shirt of peculiar construction. This may refer to the holes for the studs, a relatively new invention. The company that made this shirt was awarded a bronze medal in it's class.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["T.47A-1952","T.47-1952","T.47C-1952"],"accessionNumberNum":"47","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1952,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Box","Shirt","Scarf"],"assets":["2019LP9457","2019LP6816","2019LV7866"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":true}}