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Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation glove

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Description

Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation glove, the original, worn during the Coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953; single womenswear glove in white kid leather, with embroidered badge bearing E II R cypher and velvet crown worked in gold metal threads, gauntlet design of roses, shamrocks, thistles and acorns worked in gold metal threads.

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Glove Details

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1953: Approximate date

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Length: 34 cm

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Designer / Manufacturer / Retailer

Glovemaker: Dents

Leather producer: Pittards

Embroiderer: Royal School of Needlework

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Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

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Unknown

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