Skip to content Skip to menu Skip to site map
This site uses cookies to improve your experience. By using this site you agree to receiving cookies under our Cookie Policy.
Locations +
Amgueddfa Cymru
Cymraeg
Collections & Research

Amgueddfa
Cymru
Family

National Museum Cardiff

St Fagans National Museum of History

National Waterfront Museum

Big Pit National Coal Museum

National Slate Museum

National Wool Museum

National Roman Legion Museum

  • Collections & Research
  • Ancient Wales
  • Art
  • Articles
  • Bronze Age Gold from Wales
  • Celf ar y Cyd
  • Collections Online
  • Covid Stories
  • Health, Wellbeing and Amgueddfa Cymru
  • History
  • Natural History
  • On Your Doorstep: Nature, geology and archaeology in Wales
  • Questionnaires past and present: engaging and collecting through Covid
  • Refugee Wales
  • The Museum at Work
  • Welsh Foods
  • Historic Photography
  • Departments
  • National Collections Centre

Collections Online

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Advanced Search

Advanced Search

Image filter options
Back to search results

Jacket

Tunic worn by Thomas Gruffydd (1815-1887), blind court harpist to Lady Llanover. Made from woollen cloth known as the Gwenffrwd pattern.

This striking costume was worn by Thomas Gruffydd. He was Lady Llanover’s family harpist. He would play the harp to entertain guests at Llanover Hall. Lady Llanover was keen to promote the Welsh woollen industry. She insisted that all workers and tenants on her estate wore clothes made of Welsh wool.

According to his daughter, Susanna Berrington Gruffydd Richards, Thomas Gruffydd became a court harpist to Lady Llanover in 1867 [source: Rachel Ley, Arglwyddes Llanover (Caernarfon: Gwasg Gwynedd, 2001), p. 36]. He was a blind harpist, having lost the majority of his sight as a child [source: ibid, p. 36].

costume, harp player
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
costume, harp player
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
costume, harp player
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales

Collection Area

Social & Cultural History

Item Number

53.48.1

Acquisition

Donation, 5/2/1953

Location

In store

Categories

Anabledd / Disability
Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.

Related Items

Social & Cultural History

Stockings

53.48.5-6
More information
Social & Cultural History

Breeches

53.48.2
More information
Social & Cultural History

Cap

53.48.4
More information
Social & Cultural History

Scarf

53.48.3
More information

Site Map

Amgueddfa Cymru

Amgueddfa Cymru

  • Visiting
  • Collections & Research
  • Learning
  • Blog
  • Support Us
  • Shop
  • Venue Hire

Our Museums

  • National Museum Cardiff
  • St Fagans National Museum of History
  • National Waterfront Museum
  • Big Pit National Coal Museum
  • National Slate Museum
  • National Wool Museum
  • National Roman Legion Museum

Connect With Us

  • Contact Us
  • Get Involved
  • Join the Mailing List
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Corporate

  • About Us
  • Jobs
  • Press Office
  • Commercial Picture Library
  • National Collections Centre
  • Working with Others
  • Accessibility
  • Cookies Policy
  • Copyright
Sponsored by Welsh Government
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
Charity No. 525774
× ❮ ❯
costume, harp player
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
costume, harp player
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
costume, harp player
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
  • costume, harp player
  • costume, harp player
  • costume, harp player