Body (a) of dark green sheet, short and fitted with a flat, round collar and long gigot or sheep bolt sleeves, Model: closes tightly around the upper body. The upper body had to be remain stable and straight in position. At the front left and right three, vertical seams. The back has a seam at the center back with a coupe or waist seam from the sleeve on either side. The pleated sheep-bolt sleeves are cut diagonally on the thread with trimmed, half-round cuffs that end over the hand. For extra freedom of movement, two triangular wedges are provided in the armhole under the armpit, which end in a point on either side of the seam. In the lower sleeve and at the elbow, extra space provides for easy bending of the arms when riding. The pleated part on top is reinforced with coarse woven, calendered linen. The body and lower sleeves are lined with green-brown silk. The closure is asymmetrical, right over left with a hook and eye in the hem and at the neck. An incomplete lap in the middle of the back. Decoration: along the cuffs, the collar, the hem of the back and the garter seams at the back trimmed with green silk over a white cotton cord (soutache). On both fronts a butah-like decoration of the same cord around which looped garlands of green and green-yellow braided wool. Under the collar a double row of these looped garlands of green and green-yellow wool. On the lap at the back a small button, the other is missing (?)., anonymous, Netherlands (possibly), c. 1826, lijf, voering, soutache, l 34 cm
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