Item 2022.36.9 - Princess of Wales' Own Yorkshire Regiment Officer’s Full Dress Jacket

2022.36.9

Princess of Wales' Own Yorkshire Regiment Officer’s Full Dress Jacket

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Thigh length, single breasted dress jacket [or tunic] in red wool. Jacket has a high neck and a standing collar that is faced with black wool and edged with gold braid and lace. Jacket fastens at the front via eight, ornate, domed, brass buttons and the collar with a double hook and eye fastening. The jacket is lightly tailored with the buttons stopping at the waist seam which runs the circumference of the jacket. The chest panel is slightly quilted to give a rounded shape. The cuff of each sleeve is faced in a black wool, matching the collar, with gold lace and binding creating and ornate design that finishes just before the elbow on each arm. To the reverse, the skirt of the tunic has a type of box pleat [known as a sword pleat] at the centre, featuring six buttons, identical to those on the front, and white piping. At the reverse there is also a metal hook on the waistband which would have been used to hold a type of pouch known as a sabretache. The lining of the jacket is slightly quilted with panels of a cream woollen fabric as well as a cream twill. The internal waistband is constructed from a red woollen fabric and fastens via two concealed hook and eye fastenings.

No label. Button backs read: JRC GAUNT & SONS / LONDON
Materials: Wool
Measurements: 43cm [Chest]; 69cm [Length]
Details: Brass buttons; Ornate trim
Physical Condition: Collar and cuffs slightly worn