Duchess of Albany Flounce
This exquisite piece was reputedly designed for the Princess Helena of Waldeck-Pyrmont (Duchess of Albany) as a wedding gift. Part of the flounce is in RAMM’s collection and the other at Allhallows Museum, Honiton, but two mysteries remain: Why are the armorial initials within the flounce either MA or AM when her name was Helena? Who placed the order? In Mrs Treadwin’s book about her business she states it was a ‘lady of Exeter’. But could it have been Helena’s future husband Prince Leopold or Queen Victoria?
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 281/1976/1
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Material
- cotton
- Common Name
- Duchess of Albany Flounce
- Simple Name
- flounce
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Exeter
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- c 1882
- Production Person Initials
- Charlotte
- Production Person Surname
- Treadwin
- Production Year Low
- 1881
- Production Year High
- 1882
