FAGOTTING, JACKET

This jacket is an example of a popular embroidery technique in contemporary fashion of the early 20th century. It features a rouleaux loop and fagoting method. Made from cream silk, the jacket is constructed from rows of rouleaux stitched together using Cretan stitch (fagoting). The entire body of the garment is fashioned in one piece without seams, and the front of the garment is secured with five ball and loop closures.

The origin of the word fagot is late 13th century "bundle of twigs bound up," from Old French fagot meaning a "bundle of sticks"

Some staining is present on the underside of sleeves.