Blackadder Livery Coverlet
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- Maker:
- UNKNOWN
- Date:
- 1898
his striking wool coverlet is made in the same tradition as military or uniform coverlets, and uses off-cuts of staff livery uniforms from the once grand Blackadder Estate in Allanton, Berwickshire. It was made by tailors employed in the Purves Tailoring business in Allanton village for the daughter of the owner, Jane Melrose Purves when she married Robert Harrower in 1898. Her father, William Purves, was one of several Tailoring businesses in the village.
194cm x 198cm
