1815 Black Wool Tailcoat As Worn By the Men in the Families of Jane Austen and the Bridgertons. Bridgerton #RegencyFashion #JaneAusten #BritishHistory
1815 ca. Tailcoat, Probably British. Black wool, silk cotton and wood. Double-breasted, cutaway at the front waist, notched collar, straight sleeves, pleat falling from the back waist. via Metropolitan Museum, N.Y.C., U.S.A. As Worn By the Men in the Families of Jane Austen and the Bridgertons. #Regency #JaneAusten #Fashion #BritishHistory
Tailcoat: A Regency Era, or early 1800s, gentleman was outfitted in more practical fabrics, such as wool, cotton and buckskin rather than the fussy brocades and silks of the late 1700s. The men in Jane Austen’s life would have worn a black tailcoat like this for everyday wear. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionMen1800-1819






