Queen Alexandra's coronation dress worked in India
The superb overdress of Indian embroidery which was made for Queen Alexandra's Coronation costume, being worked during the winter of 1901-2 in Delhi by forty of the most skilled needleworkers at the firm of Manick Chand. Picture shows a number of the workers seated around their embroidery table consisting of a couple slight wooden trestles and four wooden bamboos, the worth of the whole, according to the Graphic, being about ninepence
Picture No
10678045
Media ID
47552140
Size
5300px x 4291px
(3.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Roberts of Delhi in The Graphic, 12 July 1902, page 62
Date
1902
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