The Clothing of a Georgian Banker, Thomas Coutts: A Story of Museum Dispersal
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In the early years of the twentieth century, the surviving wardrobe of the Georgian banke r Thomas Coutts (1735–1822) was donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. This large collection of clothing was subsequently parcelled up and dispersed to museums around Britain and North America. This essay gives an account of this process and attempts to provide a description of Coutts’ late wardrobe, discusses how it relates to his life and times and re-unites on paper, at least, the surviving strands of the original collection. The essay also presents details of the cut and construction of some of these clothes, through descriptions, photography and annotated cutting diagrams.
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2021 ◽
Vol 20
(2)
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pp. 301-324
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