19th Oct, 2023 15:00
The Collectors' Auction
The Peerage robes worn by Viscount Melville to the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837
The Peerage robes worn by Viscount Melville to the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837, tailor-made by Adams and Ede (later Ede & Ravenscroft), of red velvet trimmed with ermine, and accompanied by the wearer's silk slippers. Bearing Adams and Ede label to the inside.
Notes on Ede and Ravenscroft at this time:
The oldest tailors in London, established in 1689. In 1831 the company was renamed Adams and Ede, and in 1834 Joseph Ede was appointed robemaker to His Majesty King William IV and later Queen Victoria. In 1837 with the change in monarchy, Joseph Ede would have been running a busy business, selling mourning bands and weepers to the mourners of William IV as well as selling new coronation gowns, altering older gowns and coronets ready for the coronation of Queen Victoria.
Following the death of his father, Joseph Webb Ede succeeded him in his business, and it became Ede & Son. In 1868 he was appointed robemaker to Queen Victoria and moved from Fleet Street to Chancery Lane, where the company remains today. In 1871 Josheph Ede married Rosanna Ravenscroft, daughter of a successful wigmaker Burton Ravenscroft, and the joining of Ede and Ravenscroft was formed. The companies did not officially merge until 1902.
Sold for £600
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Auction: The Collectors' Auction, 19th Oct, 2023
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