The Ornamented Being

The thing that I appreciate the most about this jacket is the pattern matching. Absolutely stunning.

LADY’S SILK BROCADE JACKET, 1880s

(Source: augusta-auction.com)

Here is another from KTA up for auction.

Item Description: A fine sky blue brocaded silk caraco jacket, circa 1740-45, with winged cuffs, short peplum skirt with two faux pockets, green ribbon ties to the front, the silk, probably Spitalfield with gold and silver leaf scrolls Snowshill Manor includes a similar caraco jacket in bright red brocaded silk with winged cuffs which is dated 1735-40.

See Janet Arnold `Patterns of Fashion 1660-1860’ p.26 for a drawing of the piece.

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… Janet … Arnold… 

… . . Oh my I think I just died a little over the last line.

“The pattern of pillow cover is inpired by of one of the two side sections of the enormous carpet used in the Throne Room of the Tuileries during the Empire period, of which only a few fragments survive at the Mobilier National.

This carpet, probably rewoven to decorate one of the Imperial residences, was offered by Napoleon to the King of Saxony, Frederick-Augustus 1st (1750-1827), during his visit to Paris in December 1809. It is the only carpet from the Imperial period to have retained its Napoleonic emblems.”

1) Lillie Langtry,

2)Miss Glynn, Actress and Reader by David Octavius Hill, ca 1845

Interesting how they both have a similar pattern.