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I recently posted about the news that Ellen Terry’s beetle wing dress was returning to Smallhythe Place.
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I now want to share these images, which have just become available, of the installation of the dress in its custom-made display space.
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After the painstaking restoration work, the mounting of the dress on its mannequin was handled with equal care.
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Some of the source material Terry used as inspiration for the dress is also still at Smallhythe.
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Bouquets to all those involved: it’s a triumph.
April 6, 2011 at 14:48 |
That is a lot of hard work! Love the reference source. Terry was talented and SMART.
April 6, 2011 at 15:14 |
Yes, she was not just a pretty face, as they say
April 6, 2011 at 23:33 |
indeed, an astonishing amount of handwork, and a startling material.
At an auction here on the Maine coast, I once bought a marvelous photograph of a recumbent Ellen Terry, inscribed to the mother of the woman whose possessions were being sold. I quite regret selling it.
April 7, 2011 at 09:03 |
There are some interesting Terryana at Ten Chimneys in Wisconsin as well: http://bit.ly/es5hvH