Early 20th century
Short tailored jacket in black damask cloth with woven stlised flowers in dark purple and green. The jacket front and sleeve cuffs are embellished with black velvet bands that embroidered with rows of back stitch in dark purple. There are also numerous handmade buttons in dark purple and dark green.
TRC 2016.1462
Jacket
Textile Research Centre
Silk wool cotton
Factory woven (supplementary wefts velvet) cloth applied cloth handmade buttons hand embroidered (back stitch)