Coachman's wig
B. and E. Ravenscroft
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card, Cotton, Hair, Net, Pine
Measurements
255 mm (Length)230 mm (W)215 mm (H)235 mm (W)215 mm (D)
Place of origin
Lincoln's Inn
Order this imageCollection
Trelissick, Cornwall
NT 1296143
Summary
Wig of off-white hair with tight curls over forehead area and fringe encircling crown, mounted on dark brown cotton net and tape crown. Inside handsewn label with lettering S.J.T. Brown. in black. The box of stained pine with hinged lid has central stand for wig. The tradesman's card is addressed Messrs. B. and E. Ravenscroft, Coachmen's Wigmakers, Star Yard, Lincoln's Inn, London W.c.
Provenance
unknown, probably brought in by Michael Trinick in the 1970's or 1980's.
Marks and inscriptions
(on paper)
Makers and roles
B. and E. Ravenscroft, wig maker