COSTLY VELVET CORONATION ROBES
In the ancient industry of hand-weav-ing velvet at Braintree, Essex, England, there aro weavers descended from the first colony of those who fled from the Continent to establish themselves at Spitalfields. These workers are now busy making Coronation velvet on hand looms. When the British peerage goes in all its robed pageantry to Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of King George. 180 new peers will be present. Tho red and white robes, with rows of black fur spotting and white silk fastenings, appear for only such high State occasions, and will now have to 'be specially made. Peers of longer standing _ will resurrect their robes from airtight boxes which have been in storage since King George’s Coronation in 1911. The robes are worth taking care of. Their cost may be as high as £2oo—more for the robes of a peeress. About 20yds of velvet alone are used. When the velvet is hand-woven not more than four yards can he produced in a week, even by tho most expert weavers.
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Evening Star, Issue 22578, 20 February 1937, Page 26
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173COSTLY VELVET CORONATION ROBES Evening Star, Issue 22578, 20 February 1937, Page 26
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