Spangled Court Bodice, 1761
“Worn by Lady Mary Douglas, one of six unmarried earls’ daughters who attended the Queen during the 1761 coronation ceremony of George III, this cloth-of-gold bodice is the only known example of English ‘stiff-bodied’ court costume to survive today.”
via FIDM Museum
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