Angular collar, with ghost pockets on each forepart, the front of silk, richly embroided with small pink and green flowers, with interlocking floral garlands along the edges, outlined by a burgundy rim, the back lined with cotton, with a hand-coloured print depicting Lord Northland dressed in his Tudor costume (doublet closed so the waistcoat is not visible) with a paper label in the hand of his mother, Mary Juliana, Countess of Ranfurly: "Worn by Lord Northland 1842 at Queen Victoria's Fancy ball"; the brocade panels of the dress now unpicked and separate, richly embroidered with red flower garlands on a pink ground with a paper label; "This brocade is part of a dress given by the States of Venice in 1745 to the Countess Granville (sister of Lady Juliana Penn) when Earl Granville was minister. The dress was worn by Lady Louisa Alexander (dau. of 2nd Earl of Ranfurly) at Queen Victoria's Fancy Ball, called the "Powder Ball" June 1845.
Angular collar, with ghost pockets on each forepart, the front of silk, richly embroided with small pink and green flowers, with interlocking floral garlands along the edges, outlined by a burgundy rim, the back lined with cotton, with a hand-coloured print depicting Lord Northland dressed in his Tudor costume (doublet closed so the waistcoat is not visible) with a paper label in the hand of his mother, Mary Juliana, Countess of Ranfurly: "Worn by Lord Northland 1842 at Queen Victoria's Fancy ball"; the brocade panels of the dress now unpicked and separate, richly embroidered with red flower garlands on a pink ground with a paper label; "This brocade is part of a dress given by the States of Venice in 1745 to the Countess Granville (sister of Lady Juliana Penn) when Earl Granville was minister. The dress was worn by Lady Louisa Alexander (dau. of 2nd Earl of Ranfurly) at Queen Victoria's Fancy Ball, called the "Powder Ball" June 1845.
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