Ceremonial robe
Category
Costume
Date
1743
Materials
Silk, Textile, Velvet
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Ham House, Surrey (Accredited Museum)
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NT 1140477
Summary
A ceremonial robe for the Order of Thistle in which Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart was invested with the Scottish Order of St Andrew or Thistle in 1743. Constructed of bottle green silk velvet, fully lined with white silk and thinly woven taffeta. On the left hand breast is a large applied emblem of the Order of the Thistle. It is constructed of silver ribboned thread. The emblem has been sewn through to the lining with an additional patch of silk for reinforcement. There is a plain standing up collar with a gathered yoke and large horizontal slits to take the tassled cord.