Politics & Luxury | Court Mantua

Woman's court mantua, comprising a bodice with train and matching petticoat of cream silk brocaded in coloured silks with floral design and a pattern of snaking bands of stripes in gold, trimmed with gold lace, lined in linen: British, probably 1750s. On display at Fashion and Style gallery, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. Accession number: K.2013.67.1-2. Provenance: This mantua came into the Museum’s possession from the Earl of Haddington and had been kept at Tyninghame house, near Dunbar. As Tyninghame was the principle country house of the Earls of Haddington until the 1980s, it is likely that the mantua either belonged to the Countess of Haddington, or one of the Earl of Haddington’s close female relations. Acknowledgments Georgina Ripley. Crédits : '© National Museums Scotland'