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Something especially special for you, kind readers, as we approach 1K in likes! In 1752, when Ann Fanshawe was twenty-eight years old, her father Crisp Gascoyne was appointed as Lord Mayor of London, and became the first incumbent to take residence in the newly built Mansion House. Since Margaret, her mother, had died back in 1740, it fell upon Ann to assume the role of Lady Mayoress and this spectacular dress of Spitalfields silk, which was purchased by the Museum of London from one of her descendants in 1983, is believed to have been made to be worn just once, upon the great occasion…. More here: spitalfieldslife/2010/05/26/a-dress-of-spitalfields-silk/
Posted on: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:00:01 +0000

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