A coachman’s tunic delivers style at Whyte’s latest auction

Chronicling how staff livery was used as a status symbol for masters of the 18th and 19th centuries

Show collar belonging to champion Irish Red Setter Garryowen 1879-1884

During the 18th and 19th centuries, how better to advertise one’s affluence than with spectacular staff livery? Servants were dressed as extravagantly as their masters ...