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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1935.151 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name relief, cast Title Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Description Hairstyle of c. 1840-50 Queen Victoria’s personal style influenced how women wore their hair. She inspired the “Apollo Loop” in which a plain or coiled plait of false hair was attached to wires to create eye-catching loops worn vertically on top of the head. Plaster cast from the first design of the National Art Competition award. Mounted within a sunken gilt frame under glass, inscription Victoria Queen by the Grace of God 1857. Creator Antoine Vechte (artist)‎ Production date 1857 Production period 19th Century Material plaster Technique casting Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1935.151
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

relief, cast
Title

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
Description

Hairstyle of c. 1840-50 Queen Victoria’s personal style influenced how women wore their hair. She inspired the “Apollo Loop” in which a plain or coiled plait of false hair was attached to wires to create eye-catching loops worn vertically on top of the head. Plaster cast from the first design of the National Art Competition award. Mounted within a sunken gilt frame under glass, inscription Victoria Queen by the Grace of God 1857.
Creator

Antoine Vechte (artist)‎
Production date

1857
Production period

19th Century
Material

plaster
Technique

casting

Details