Playing dress-up: Dr Lucy Worsley in an 18th-century Court Mantua dress in BBC Four documentary Tales from the Royal Wardrobe Credit: Photo: BBC When I reviewed Lucy Worsley’s royal documentary ...

It's part of a court suit ensemble and is displayed with a Bicorn hat from c.1780 to c.1810). It's shown next to a court mantua dress of white silk brocade, made in Spitalfields in east London and ...

The auction house said the court dress is a 'rare and important' court mantua - women's garment - from 1770.

Simply sign up to the Style myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. For a man or woman of noble status living in the 18th century, Kensington Palace was the place to see and be seen.

Image Elizabeth Thompson, a textile treatment conservation supervisor, adjusting a 1750s court mantua of white silk ... showcase of the finest example of dress and fashion.” ...

1780 to c.1810). It's shown next to a court mantua dress of white silk brocade, made in Spitalfields in east London and possibly worn by the illustrator Mary Flaxman around c.1750-53. In display ...