A PEERESS'S CORONATION ROBES
Lot 187

A PEERESS'S CORONATION ROBES

ENGLAND, CIRCA 1902

Closed8 July 2010

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GBP 6,250

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A PEERESS'S CORONATION ROBES
ENGLAND, CIRCA 1902
Undergown of cream silk taffeta applied with a heavily embroidered silk satin front panel, a short sleeved robe of crimson silk velvet, fitted and trimmed in miniver and embroidered with stylized 'S' shapes in gilt, and a train of crimson silk velvet with a short ermine capelet and gilt cordons to the shoulders; together with the remains of a peeress' coronation train

Possibly worn by Charlotte, Countess Spencer (1835-1903) wife of John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910) to the coronation of Edward VII in 1902.