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Description: | The scope of the collection is English Victorian and Edwardian, mainly female and children's costume and accessories. There are some Georgian male and female costumes, and also many items from 1911 - 1950's. Held for later display are clothes from the more recent past. The main interest of the collection lies in the fact that the items in it are not English Court Dress but clothes which were worn mainly by people to whom the public can easily relate; the small percentage of exceptions to this general rule which surprises visitors are; a dress thought to have been worn by Sir Winston Churchill as a small boy and dresses worn by HM the Queen and her sister when children. The collection totals over 4,000 items and there is also a small associated collection of decorative/applied art. The museum also has fine collections of lace, embroidery, samplers, crochet and other needlework techniques. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | The Manor Gardens
Upper Sea Road
Bexhill Old Town | Telephone: | 01424 210045 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5781 | Go to resource |
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