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3. Dressing for Court: Sartorial Politics and Fashion News in the Age of Mary Delany
Hannah Greig
Description: Mrs. Delany and her Circle
Mrs. Delany and her Circle
The fragments of what were believed to be Mary Delany’s famous “court dress” have proved a tantalizing jigsaw. Despite some being remade into other items (such as firescreens) when passed down through generations, the association of the striking fabric pieces with the eighteenth-century court, family heritage, and Mrs. Delany herself has stood the test of time. As revealed in the...
Author
Hannah Greig
PublisherYale Center for British Art
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2009 by Yale University
Related print edition pages: pp.80-91
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00085.009
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19561
Chapter subject tags:Great Britain--Politics and government--18th centuryClothing and dress--Great Britain--History--18th centuryGreat Britain--Court and courtiers--History--18th centuryWomen artists--Great Britain--18th centuryDelany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788Art and society--Britain--History--18th century

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3. Dressing for Court: Sartorial Politics and Fashion News in the Age of Mary Delany