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Hjem-Museum / Clothing and Accessories-Vintage clothing-1870 - 1901 - Late Victorian-xxM471M 1885 Cloak From Lewis & Allenby

xxM471M 1885 Cloak From Lewis & Allenby

xxM471M 1885 Cloak From Lewis & Allenby.
Great Cloak from 1885 in raw silk. In good condition. Made of the famous Lewis & Allenby Cloak Makers To The Queen, Regent Street.  Father of Haute Couture Charles Frederick Worth started his career
in a shop Swan & Edgar, He later went to work in Lewis & Allenby. Here he acquired good experience. Some sources say that he ended up as  one of the owners of Lewis & Allenby. Worth had his firm in Paris, but it should not be ruled out that he was one of the owners of this London company.


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