Royal Marine Officer Circa 1805, Part 6
It's been a while since we've been able to work on the coat, and there was two fittings (one scheduled, one not) that needed to be worked into our rather hectic schedule.
Here is a photo taken during the first fitting, with the lapels pinned closed:
Another angle of the Front:
3/4 angle from behind, showing the faux pocket flap pinned in place:
Picture of the coat from behind:
Then began the difficult task of attaching the buttons. Each button on the lapel and cuffs needed to be meticulously placed, for when the jacket will eventually be hook and eye closed, the jacket will pull tight against the buttons, and any misalignment would show as terribly looking puckering.
At this point, the coat now exists in the "undress" version, which does not have any of the gold lace loops sewn onto it. The pictures below will eventually be used to show a "Marine Subaltern Undress Jacket" on etsy, in case anyone wants to custom order one in the future.
Front of Undress Coat, buttoned across with lapels folded back, as was common style in the period.
Side view, showing the cuff and the single Subaltern epaulette:
Back, showing the foldback tails and the buttons outlining the hidden pocket:
That's where we currently are. The next step involves sewing down all the remaining buttons, and hand sewing on all the gold lace, which will be by far the most labor intensive part of this entire process.
Here is a photo taken during the first fitting, with the lapels pinned closed:
Another angle of the Front:
3/4 angle from behind, showing the faux pocket flap pinned in place:
Picture of the coat from behind:
Then began the difficult task of attaching the buttons. Each button on the lapel and cuffs needed to be meticulously placed, for when the jacket will eventually be hook and eye closed, the jacket will pull tight against the buttons, and any misalignment would show as terribly looking puckering.
At this point, the coat now exists in the "undress" version, which does not have any of the gold lace loops sewn onto it. The pictures below will eventually be used to show a "Marine Subaltern Undress Jacket" on etsy, in case anyone wants to custom order one in the future.
Front of Undress Coat, buttoned across with lapels folded back, as was common style in the period.
Side view, showing the cuff and the single Subaltern epaulette:
Back, showing the foldback tails and the buttons outlining the hidden pocket:
That's where we currently are. The next step involves sewing down all the remaining buttons, and hand sewing on all the gold lace, which will be by far the most labor intensive part of this entire process.