Robe
Category
Costume
Date
1909
Materials
Silk and metal
Measurements
950 mm (Length)
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Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1118810
Caption
This embroidered Chinese blue silk robe was given to Ellen Terry by the film star couple Madge Titheradge and Charles Quartermaine in 1909. Terry was particularly fond of the Asian style of dress and took to wearing silk kimonos during her affair with architect and designer Edward William Godwin from 1868-1875.
Summary
Embroidered Chinese robe. Blue silk satin with multi-coloured floss silk embroidery sprays of flowers and butterflies. Metallic thread and silk braid around opening and hem. Pink silk lining. Gilt circular buttons (European?). Given by Ellen Terry to Madge Titheradge in 1909 when she married Charles Quartermaine. Presented to the Ellen Terry Museum by Mrs. Norman Cunningham (great niece of Madge Titheradge).
Provenance
given by Ellen Terry to Madge Titheradge in 1909 when she married Charles Quartermaine