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Garter
English
about 1790
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Silk moire with silver thread Embroidery
Dimensions
86.5 x 3.5 cm (34 1/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.2013
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionOrder of the Garter. Pale blue silk rep embroidered with silver yarns, wire and spangle, inscribed "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" ("Dishonored be he who thinks ill of it"). Ref.: Seligman and Hughes, Domestic Needlework, Pl. 23E.
ProvenancePurchased by donor in 1928.