Coat
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1913
Materials
Velvet, silk, satin, net, silver thread and coney fur
Measurements
1140 mm (L)
Place of origin
Venice
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609716
Summary
Beaded velvet coat. Pale green velvet, embroidered and trimmed. a) Coney fur collar and cuffs, 150 mm deep; b) embroidery; self coloured floss silk, silver metal thread in creton stitch; sequins, glass, pearlised and metallic beads tampoured onto mauve net ground. Design; geometric bands and scallops. Pale green silk satin weave. Standing fur collar, coat straight to hem, calf length. Sleeves straight to wrist. Fur collar and cuffs; beading embroidery on sleeves and at hem.
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection. Listed with other items by Lady Berwick: 'Beaded tunic jacket, present from Lady Vincent 1913' (a friend of the family). cf. Merlin Waterson: Lady Berwick, Italy and Attingham. bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).