Spring 2012 - Dress and Textile Specialists

There are three costume displays at Waddesdon for the 2012 season. A selection of lace acquired by
Baroness Edmond de Rothschild (1853-1935), shows 18 th -century lappets, part of a fashionable
woman’s headdress. Baroness Edmond collected the exquisite French, Brussels and Venetian lace
now at Waddesdon, along with the popular buttons, on long-term display. Also featured is a pair of
uniforms, newly on loan from the Rothschild family, thought to have been worn by Baron James de
Rothschild (1792-1868) and his son, Gustave (1829-1911), as Consuls-General of Austria. Finally,
pairs of early 20 th century gloves for driving are displayed, exploring the Rothschild family interest in
cars and on loan from the Worshipful Company of Glovers. You can find out more about the history
of the Company and their historic glove collections at www.thegloverscompany.org
Southwest of England
TOTNES FASHION & TEXTILE MUSEUM, Bogan House, 43 High Street, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5NP,
www.devonmuseums.net
SPORTS & SPECTATORS - THEN & NOW, 1880 – 2012
22 May to 28 September 2012
The 2012 Summer Exhibition will show clothing worn by recent local
sporting heroes (including Olympians) and their historic counterparts,
along with clothing worn by spectators of various periods.
The Museum, home of the Devonshire Collection of Period Costume, is housed in the most intact
Tudor merchant's house in Totnes. The Collection includes items of clothing from c1650 to the end
of the C20th. Research opportunities available by appointment Tuesday to Friday inclusive, 11 am to
5 pm (last entry 4.30 pm). Outside these times and during October by appointment.
Midlands and Wales
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, Guildhall Road, Northampton, NN1 1DP,
www.northampton.gov.uk
Dress the World: The World at Your Feet 31 March – 23 September 2012
The World at Your Feet explores the role of shoe fashion in creating cultural identity through the
Museum’s world footwear collection. Join us on a journey across the world looking at how shoe
traditions are symbolically involved in key moments in people’s lives including birth, coming of age,
marriage and death. www.dresstheworld.co.uk
North of England
Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester
www.manchestergalleries.org.uk
From 2 June 2012, in the temporary exhibitions gallery, the Gallery of Costume will be showing
photographic portraits from three Mali artists, mainly taken in the 1960s and 70s. They are very
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