Late 18th Century Menswear - The Rev. John Parkinson's Green Wool Coat
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- This video looks at a late 18th century Wool Coat from the Rev John Parkinson's collection at Normanby Hall, North Lincolnshire.
It's a stunning coat and is part of a collection of coats, waistcoats and breeches.
This video looks at some of the coat's key features, but also the questions the museum and the research have asked of the coats.
The costume exhibition is now open and you can visit and see for yourselves the coats on display. They make a stunning display and are a beautiful range of clothing from a middling sort of man.
This coat is made from a strong green wool - almost with mustard tones. It has a 3" stand collar, plain round cuffs and a plain 3 pointed pocket flap, features that are similar to all of the Reverend's coats - but a study of the progression of the pattern cutting has thrown up more about the progression of fashion than the obvious fashion details, that this coat might otherwise show.
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Never seen any of the previous videos, but i will be looking for them, but i love the way the sleeves are cut with a slight bend at the elbow, it just makes so much sense!
Love the colour of the wool and how it was made, what was the beginning of the 18th mens coats like… thanks
Wonderful to see 🤩
Thank you - it is a gorgeous coat :)
@@HandBoundCostumes It really is. I imagine how elegant he looked. ☺
Is there a catalogue of the exhibition? This collection sounds so interesting!
Someone else asked this! - I checked the Normanby Hall website and the North lincs website but neither has full photos of the collection. I have added it to my job list lol to create a page on my website to detail the collection. I'll msg here when it's done but we do have photos of most of the garments we've studied from that collection on our facebook/Instagram but lol, it'd be a matter of searching through. xxx
How I got here from watching punk rock and Ukraine war videos is anyone's guess. The algorithm is working however. This is a really interesting video. I love hearing from really capable experts who love their subject, so maybe it's that.
This is an odd theory. And I’m probably wrong. He’s a reverend but could that missing fabric be missing because that that side is where a sword would hang? By lightening the density of fabric in that area - could that help the jacket hang better over the sword?
It's not an odd theory lol! And very good to test ideas but the problem is a) the missing fabric is on both sides and b) the lining steps in for the missing wool - meaning the sword wouldn't really be any freer. But it's an idea to keep in mind. Which side did they wear the swords I wonder? On the left? So the right hand can grab it?
And sorry I just realised you were wondering if it was the slimming down nature that worked better for the sword and not that it was open 😅
@@HandBoundCostumes yeah it was just the slimming down of the weight of the fabric perhaps making a difference I did look at a couple of portraits of the time and it did seem to be that that was the side where the sword hung. It was just an odd thing that popped in my mind as I was looking at it. I mean you know there’s the theory that men and women button their clothes differently because of access to a sword. Don’t know whether that’s been exploded as a myth though?
I've indeed heard the button theory before but, like you say, no idea if that's been confirmed or denied lol. It's definitely something to keep an eye out for!
Are there photos available to look at of the coat online?
I've just checked North Lincolnshire's website and Normanby hall's website and neither has official photos up of the collection but we have been sharing some of our research photos on our facebook and instagram. But perhaps I could add a job to the list of creating a page on our website designated to the collection and featuring all of the items. I can message you here once it's done??? :)
@@HandBoundCostumes that would be amazing! Thank you for taking the time to show and talk about the garments construction details.