Silk Collection (page 30)

Costume / Girl & Mum 1835
Blue silk & black velvet pelisse-mantle with hanging sleeves, lace edged collar & brooch. Girl: pink mantle with imbecile sleeves & large revers, peaked cap with tassel

Hereward the Beserker
HEREWARD THE WAKE How Hereward the Saxon hero turned into a beserker. Dressed in only a silk shirt and hose, he urges his men to join him against the Normans

FUR TIE 1938
2-skin tie in stone marten fitch, with head, one fitch (= polecat) and two squirrel tails and six real paws. Silk- lined, 44 inches (112 cm) long

Lindbergh Silk Souvenir
Commemorative souvenir, woven on silk, of Lindberghs flight from New York to Paris, the first non-stop transatlantic flight (3625 miles - 5834 km)

Woman in Robe De Visite
Her robe de visite is by Martial et Armand, and is made of mousseline de soie (= silk muslin)

Travel / Luggage
A fitted travelling bag, lined with silk and with silver fittings and ivory brushes

Walking Dress 1861
Shot silk dress, waistcoat corsage, trimmed with green shamrocks & bands. Grey & black plaid paletot bound with black silk over a lilac dress with 2 fluted flounces

Ball & Dinner Dress 1861
Ball dress: white silk, tulle puffings arranged spirally on the skirt, trimmed with pink roses. Dinner dress: robe imperatrice in sable trimmed green silk, no waist seam

Evening Wear 1860
White silk ball dress with 3 skirts of tulle looped up with blue daisies; Magenta moire & black lace evening dress with bodice & skirt in one. N.B girls low cut corsage & sash

Walking Dress 1860
Black velvet mantle, green silk dress; blue silk dress with black & blue flounces, sleeves with puffings & black frills; Pardessus Medici with violet silk ruchings

Evening Dress 1826
Short black cut-away coat with gigot sleeves, M -cut collar, white waistcoat, silk under- waistcoat, top hat, black pumps & Wellington pantaloons (buttoned at the calf)

Brown Coat 1821
Wellington hat with spreading crown, blue silk cravat, brown frock coat with roll collar, kashmir under-waistcoat, light brown strapped pantaloons & red waistcoat with roll collar

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