![]() ![]() In 1548 her mother, Mary of Guise, asked her envoy Henri Cleutin to buy cloth of gold for a gown for her, from the merchants who served the French court. įew details of known of Mary's clothes in infancy in Scotland, except that Margaret Balcomie, or Malcomy, had an allowance of soap and coal to warm the water to wash her linen. Details of her costume on the day of her execution at Fotheringhay in 1587 were widely reported and circulated in manuscript. Inventories were made of her clothing and her jewellery during her time in Scotland and after she abdicated and went to England. More detailed records of her costume survive from her time in Scotland, with purchases recorded in the royal treasurer's accounts and wardrobe accounts kept by Servais de Condé. Her wedding dress in 1558 was described in some detail. Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587) lived in France between 15 and clothing bought for her is particularly well-documented in the year 1551. ![]() A version of the so-called "Sheffield Portrait" by a follower of Rowland Lockey, the most familiar image of Mary, featuring devotional jewellery against the black velvet background of the queen's robe, GAC Clothes for a queen ![]()
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