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Dress flounce
Border of dress embroidered in honour of Lord Nelson and worn by Emma Hamilton at Palermo. White gauze embroidered with green silk, gold thread and sequins. Swags of oak leaves and acorns joining anchors with viscount's coronets above. 'NELSON', 'BRONTE' embroidered within ovals below the anchors.
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Object Details
| ID: | TXT0304 |
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| Collection: | Textiles |
| Type: | Dress flounce |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1799 |
| Exhibition: | Nelson, Navy, Nation |
| People: | Hamilton, Emma; Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Nelson-Ward Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 250 x 870 mm |
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