Coatee
Category
Costume
Date
1921 - 1928
Materials
wool, velvet, gold thread and metal
Measurements
470 mm (Width); 1030 mm (length)
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 18492.2
Summary
Blue (black) Full Dress coatee, or jacket, with the scarlet collar and cuffs, richly embroidered for First Class, burnished gilt buttons mounted with the Royal Arms. Part of a Royal Household uniform worn by George Abraham Gibbs as King George V's Treasurer of the Household 1921–1928. From wardrobe in Lord Wraxall's Bedroom. Found stored in large, flat tin trunk NT17229.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.