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Evening Coat

ca. 1938 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Silver metallic brocade evening coat with long train and short puffed sleeves. Silver and white bead embroidery on front borders and epaulettes. With an edge to edge closure. Lined in white satin.


Object details

Categories
Fashion
Evening Wear
Formal Wear
Royalty
Womenswear
Object type
Evening coat
Materials and techniques
Silver lamé brocade with bead embroidery, lined with satin
Lamé
Beads
Brocade
Weaving
Embroidery
Beading
Brief description
Evening coat of silver lamé brocade, England, ca. 1938. Worn by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Physical description
Silver metallic brocade evening coat with long train and short puffed sleeves. Silver and white bead embroidery on front borders and epaulettes. With an edge to edge closure. Lined in white satin.
Production typeHaute couture
Credit line
Given by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Object history
Worn and given by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The designer's label has been removed from the inside back of the coat.

Since the 1920s, the Queen Mother had frequently bought her clothes from Madame Handley-Seymour, although by 1938 she was beginning to transfer her loyalties to Norman Hartnell. Either could have produced this coat, or another couturier or dressmaker may have made it.

- Daniel Milford-Cottam, 26/04/2017
Production
Worn by HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Bibliographic reference
Fashion : An Anthology by Cecil Beaton. London : H.M.S.O., 1971
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.466-1974

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Record createdSeptember 6, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O139020/evening-coat-unknown/
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