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Ross Poldark wearing Papilionaceous silk ribbon braces.

Poldark

Poldark ~ Season 1 ~ 2015 Poldark Season 1, BBC/Mammoth Screen. Costume designer: Marianne Agertoft This ribbon is available in the Ribbon Shop: Ross Ribbon (subject to availability) These […]


Simon Drew

Drawn in Dartmouth. Woven in Dartmouth. Sewn in Dartmouth. Sold in Dartmouth. Dartmouth every time.


Stevengraphs in South Devon

Agatha Christie collected many things. One of those things being Stevengraphs; silk bookmarks or pictures made by Thomas Stevens, a Coventry silk ribbon manufacturer. That collection can now be […]


Great Expectations

  “Don’t come again. Even if she begs. Forget about this house and everyone in it…” Sarah Phelps’ gripping adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic ‘Great Expectations’ in the 2011 TV […]


2009 – The Young Victoria

Emily Blunt wears not one, but two Papilionaceous ribbons in the 2009 film ‘The Young Victoria’ – for which Sandy Powell won the Academy Award for Best Achievement in […]


Pride & Prejudice

Pride & Prejudice 2005

“Rosamund Pike is obsessed with ribbons. She carries two or three ribbons with her wherever she goes”. (Joe Wright, Director Pride & Prejudice 2005) Nothing wrong with that Mr […]


Little Dorrit 2008

Claire Foy (Amy Dorrit, centre) wears Papilionaceous in the 2008 BBC production of Little Dorrit. Emma Pierson (Fanny Dorrit) wearing Papilionaceous. The series tells the story of Amy Dorrit, […]