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Coat

1879 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
England (made)

(original 1962 description) Coat for a girl. Coat of white machine quilted cotton. It is princess line [with] buttons from neck to hem and has an inverted pleat at the centre back skirt. Machine made broderie anglaise insertion trims the yoke, front fastening and hem.

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Object details

Categories
Children's Clothes
Children & Childhood
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Coat
Materials and techniques
Quilted cotton with machine-made broderie anglaise
Cotton (Textile)
Broderie Anglaise
Stitching
Quilting
Brief description
Girl's coat: white cotton machine quilted in rose motifs, with cutwork embroidery; made in England, 1879
Physical description
(original 1962 description) Coat for a girl. Coat of white machine quilted cotton. It is princess line [with] buttons from neck to hem and has an inverted pleat at the centre back skirt. Machine made broderie anglaise insertion trims the yoke, front fastening and hem.
Dimensions
  • Length: 28in
Credit line
Given by The Dowager Lady Rochdale
Object history
Given by The Dowager Lady Rochdale (RF 62/ 1870). The coat was said by the donor to have been worn in [from?]1879 by herself and her sisters, the daughters among the eleven children of Francis Charles Granville Egerton, the 3rd Earl of Ellesmere:
Lady Mabel Laura Egerton (1869-1946)
Lady Alice Constance Egerton (1870-1932)
Lady Beatrice Mary Egerton (1871-1966) (the donor)
Lady Katherine Augusta Victoria Egerton (1877-1960)
Lady Leila Georgina Egerton (1881-1964)
Lady Helen Constance Egerton (1884-1901)
Subject depicted
Roses
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
T.162-1962

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1122774/coat-unknown/
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