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A narrow edging of woven silver lace (braid) binds the hem and a deep band of white silk taffeta faces it.\r\n\r\nThe ensemble appears to have been altered for another wearer.   The mantua was taken in at the side seams; the train may have been removed and reattached to accommodate these changes.  Some trimming to the sleeve ruffles has been removed. \n\nThe ensemble was altered for fancy dress in the late 19th century.  The robings were unpicked and moved.  The waist binding of the petticoat was removed.  Muslin ruffles (now removed) were sewn to the sleeves.  \n\nModern cotton tape was added to the petticoat and mantua by Conservation for display.\n","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"ermine (fur)","id":"x31858"},{"text":"Animal part - Mustela erminea","id":"THES281238"},{"text":"silk (textile)","id":"AAT243428"}],"techniques":[{"text":"weaving","id":"AAT53642"},{"text":"brocading","id":"AAT53648"},{"text":"lace-making","id":"AAT53651"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"silk, <i>cannelé</i> weave, brocaded in silver and silver gilt thread, floss silk, cordonnet silk; silver lace with ermine tails entwined","categories":[{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"},{"text":"Womenswear","id":"THES49044"},{"text":"Fashion","id":"THES48957"},{"text":"Lace","id":"THES48926"},{"text":"Embroidery","id":"THES48960"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2017KB8308","2017KB8309","2017KB8314","2017KB8315","2016JH5090","2015HL4830","2012FP7346","2017JV9969","2017KB8311","2017KB8312","2017KB8313","2017KB8324","2017KB8425","2017KE3723","2017KE3724","2017KE3732","2017KE3733","2017KE3734","2017KE3736","2019LK4143","2015HP4763","2015HP4762"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"002","id":"THES404995"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"002","id":"THES404995"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Mantua","id":""}],[{"text":"Petticoat","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"France","id":"x28849"},"association":{"text":"weaving","id":"AAT53642"},"note":"textile"},{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"sewing","id":"AAT53658"},"note":"mantua"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"mid 1760s","earliest":"1763-01-01","latest":"1766-12-31"},"association":{"text":"weaving","id":"AAT53642"},"note":"Dating of silk is based on surviving dated technical drawings (<i>mises-en-cartes</i>) from the French silk weaving partnership of L.Galy Gallien et compe in various collections around the world, including the V&A."},{"date":{"text":"1765-1770","earliest":"1765-01-01","latest":"1770-12-31"},"association":{"text":"sewing","id":"AAT53658"},"note":""},{"date":{"text":"1870 - 1910","earliest":"1870-01-01","latest":"1910-12-31"},"association":{"text":"altered","id":"AAT105442"},"note":"fancy dress"}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"T.252B-1959","id":"O1613728"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"Purchase.","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Width","value":"1850","unit":"mm","qualifier":"Widest at hem","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"hem of petticoat","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"1500","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"1000","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"RF number: 59/2541. \r\n\r\nThis gown, along with T.251-1959 and T.253-1959, was exhibited at the Bethnal Green Museum <i>Loan Exhibition of Furniture</i> in 1896 by Florence Senhouse. It was actually exhibited in the Costume Court from 1962 to 1979.\r\n\r\nThey are said to have been worn by Miss Catherine Villiers, Maid of Honour to Queen Caroline.  Villiers was born before 1707, died in 1772, married John Craster of Craster, Northumberland 17 January 1727. He was MP for Weobly 1754-61 and died in 1764.\r\n\r\nPurchased from Mr. Roger Senhouse together with T.251-1959 and T.253-1959.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Woman's mantua and petticoat for court dress, 1765-70, English; red silk brocaded with multi-colour flowers and an ermine motif; silver, silver-gilt, ermine tails, French, c. 1765; altered 1870-1910","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Miller, Lesley Ellis. 'From Cocoon to Court: An Eighteenth-Century Mantua', in <i>Fashioned from Nature</i>, ed. 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