Court dress train
Category
Costume
Date
1911
Materials
Lame, Metal, Satin, Velvet
Collection
Killerton, Devon
NT 1362993.2
Summary
Part of court dress; Seperate train of cream satin with silver cord edging (also forming shoulder ties) pair bugle and pearl bead tassels to back bodice, deep band to hem of embroidery with lyre, heart and leaf motifs in velvet, floss thread, metallic bugles and small pearl beads (as on bodice); lined with silver lame. Alterations to upper portion, tacked with purple thread. 1911 (circa)
Provenance
perhapes worn for 1911 Coronation? If Beer / Seton loan - Dress worn by Mrs J.Hubert Charlesworth, wedding 1st Dec 1908 at St Peters, Eaton Square, London, later altered for court. Train worn by Mrs Mary Dobson at court c.1904