April 24th 2010 - Evening Coat

An evening coat on display at Sudley House. Although there are no surviving clothes belonging to the house owners, the Holt family, there are clothes on display belonging to the Holts' close friends and business associates; the Hollands, who lived nearby in Carnatic Hall. This 1934 coat of black silk with a velvet lining and rabbit fur collar always scares my children... I love the drama of it myself, I can just imagine the parties it must have been to.