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 ...

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 ...

The dress belonged to renowned artist ... "But it became popular in England and eventually it was taken up by the French court." The mantua then became the model for all women's gowns in the ...

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 ...