© Kensington Palace, State Apartments and Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection
Court mantua
Artist: Unknown
Location: Kensington Palace, State Apartments and Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection
Date: circa 1760-1765
Materials: silk satin brocaded in silver thread with silver lace trim
Dimensions: hem width: 188cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £80,275 (Total: £80,275)
Vendor: Bonhams
Review number: 5752 (2006)
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Provenance:
Probably made for the Marchioness of Rockingham, her niece Lady Anne Fitzwilliam, or grand-niece Lady Charlotte Fitzwilliam; by descent to the estate of the Hon. Olive Fitzwilliam (died 1966); Bonham's, 2006.
Description:
A spectacular 18th-century dress worn at the court of George III in the early days of his reign. The mantua was the signature style of dress for ladies attending court. It is made from white silk satin brocaded with a pattern of stripes and scrolling garlands of exotic flowers in silver thread and trimmed with silver lace. The silk is probably French but the cut of the mantua is English. It may have been worn by Mary, Marchioness of Rockingham, whose husband Charles 2nd Marquis of Rockingham was Deputy Earl Marshal at the time of the coronation of George III in 1761. Also known as the Fitzwilliam Mantua.
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