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Dressing Gown

Dressing Gown
ca.1920-1960 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (makers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Dressing gown, red silk with monogrammed pocket 'NC' embroidered in white, worn by the actor, director and playwright Noel Coward (1899-1973).


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Men's Clothes
Object type
Dressing gown
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Dressing Gown
  • Dressing Gown
  • Belt
TitleDressing Gown (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Silk dupion, machined stitched, detailing added with applique and machine embroidery in white cotton.
Silk Dupion
Cotton
Machine Stitched
Applique
Brief description
Dressing gown, red silk with monogrammed pocket 'NC' embroidered in white, worn by the actor and playwright Noel Coward (1899-1973)
Physical description
Knee length red silk dupion dressing gown. The dressing gown is open at the front with wide lapels at the collar. It can be secured with a matching red silk belt (S.1398A-1984) for which loops have been added at the proper right front opening and at the waist of the proper left and proper right side. A further, self fabric, 'hanging loop' has been added to the interior of the collar. The dressing gown is largely plain but large pockets have been added at the base of the proper left and proper right front, with an additional, smaller pocket added to the proper left chest of the garment. This pocket is decorated with the initials 'N.C.' which have been embroidered in white cotton. The dressing gown is unlined and there is no maker's label.
Dimensions
  • Back of collar to hem length: 141.8cm (approximate)
  • Across shoulders width: 47cm (approximate)
  • Across chest width: 53cm (approximate)
  • Larger pocket length: 20cm
  • Larger pocket width: 17.7cm
  • Smaller pocket length: 13.2cm
  • Smaller pocket width: 13cm
Mannequin footprint (as mounted for loan to Queer British Art at Tate Britain, London, 05/04/17-01/10/2017) = h159cm x w56cm x d34cm
Marks and inscriptions
'N.C.' (Monogram embroidered in white cotton on the top pocket of the dressing gown.)
Summary
Dressing gown, red silk with monogrammed pocket 'NC' embroidered in white, worn by the actor, director and playwright Noel Coward (1899-1973).
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1398&A-1984

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1113491/dressing-gown-dressing-gown-unknown/
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