Suit skirt
Bernard Weatherill Ltd
Category
Costume
Date
1946 - 1947
Materials
Elastic, Felt, Metal, Rayon, Rayon satin, Wool twill
Measurements
700 mm (Length)740 mm (W)
Place of origin
Conduit Street
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Killerton, Devon
NT 1362948.2
Summary
Lady's suit consisting of a jacket, skirt and hat. Blue grey wool twill with wide-spaced white pinstripe. Skirt; straight cut from petersham waistband, with pair box-pleats to front, side zip and hook fastening. Half lined with mauve rayon. Labelled 'Bernard Weatherill Ltd, 55 Conduit Street, W1' (jacket) 'By appointment to HM the King' (skirt) 'no 44546/Mrs Parker-Jervis' (the latter crossed out and 'SLATER' written in).
Provenance
worn together by Mrs Parker-Jervis
Marks and inscriptions
By appointment to HM the Queen (label in hat)
Makers and roles
Bernard Weatherill Ltd, maker