A night dress warn by Queen Victoria is set to go on display as part of an exhibition about a Sussex town during the 19th century.

The dress, donated by a Littlehampton woman whose grandmother was an embroiderer for Queen Victoria, has been put on display at the town's museum from Saturday.

Embroidered with the queen's royal cypher, it was donated in the 1980s and is now being put on public display in the exhibition, which runs until November.

Julia Edge, curator of the museum, told BBC Radio Sussex: "It's quite an unassuming nightdress, but its quite fine cotton and has a little bit of lace around the cuffs."

She added: "It would have been white, but it is quite yellowed now and has areas of staining."

The monogrammed nightdress was donated by a member of the Snewin family, who were prominent business owners and builders in Littlehampton during the victorian period, Edge said.

Other items in the collection include a napkin which belonged to Napoleon III, the former Emperor of France who lived in Chiselhurst prior to his death.

Edge said the Victorians exhibition is primarily about exploring the heritage of Littlehampton in the period.

The exhibitions runs until 2 November.

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