A packed hall and a parade almost without fault, for the dispersion of the wardrobe of the princes of Lignes coming from the castle of Beloeil. The total amount reached, 475,880 euros including fees was obtained quadruple of the estimates. The Museum of Fashion and Costume of the Galliera Palace prevailed at 34,000 euros the jacket made around 1747 by the London workshops of Spitafields. It was estimated 4,000 euros. The sumptuous silk brocade embroidered and embroidered in intense colors is served by an impeccable state of preservation which justifies in large part the price obtained. By their luxury, the productions of Spitafields competed in the eighteenth century that of Lyon. The design of the ornaments of this jacket is due to Anna Maria Garthwaite, as evidenced by a sketch album of the Victoria & Albert museum in London, dated 23 October 1747.

Around 1747, the London workshops of Spitalfields made sumptuous clothes.

By their luxury, the productions of Spitafields competed in the eighteenth century those of Lyon. The design of the ornaments of this jacket is due to Anna Maria Garthwaite, as evidenced by a sketch album of the Victoria & Albert museum in London, dated 23 October 1747.
Jacket of a coat, Workshops of Spitafields 1747-1748: sumptuous woven naturalist brocade available, the large bottom of Celestial blue towers fashioned with braces; The wide borders entirely embroidered with shells of gold, golden curl and silver blade, with silk-embroidered flowers of the most vivid polychromy (superb condition, the whole piece of the same freshness as under pocket legs, unoxidized metal wires ).
Our jacket can be compared with a coin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: identical cut and color, very similar design including the back of the pocket, but with a richer background and more colors On our copy.
The design of the Metropolitan jacket was found in Anna-Maria Garthwaite's albums of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (5985.13) on 23 October 1747.
Anna-Maria Garthwaite is one of the principal designers of the Spitafields factory near London, which, each season, was inspired by the taste of Versailles and the silks of Lyonnais.

We live in an era we call free, joyful and unconstrained, creative and inventive.
And men wear clothes as strict as ever, grim costumes, discolored jeans.