£3000 - 5000
Bonham’s Eleanor Keene takes the bicorne hat off a mannequin dressed in a late 18th-/early 19th-century court outfit: silk embroidered waistcoat, lace cravat, wool navy jacket, breeches and stockings.
The outfit was made for Sir Hugh Richard Hoare (1787-1857) of the Stourhead country estate in Wiltshire, which is now used as a location for many period dramas Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA
£3500-4500
An 18th-century English open robe, with a woven silk design of bright pink geraniums, blue pomegranates and green foliage, and a modern pink stomacher.
In the background is an emerald green silk dress from the 1820/30s (lot 236, £800-1200) Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty
£150-250
Keene in a line-up of mannequins dressed in 20th-century fashion, adjusting a green chiffon 1920s dress with red beaded apple trees, in a lot with the red dress Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA
£350-450
Asfar with a mannequin dressed in a Mr Darcy-like costume: a hand-sewn linen shirt with ruffled collar and shell buttons, a double-breasted waistcoat and beige button-up front breeches Photograph: Jonathan Brady/EPA
£8,000-12,000
A 17th-century needlework, in amazing condition for its age, that depicts scenes from the Old Testament’s Book of Esther. The needlework was passed down by generations of a family line, and has been on long-term loan at the V&A. It is believed this is the first time the work has come up for private sale Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA
