Mantle Fit For a Prince
Jun. 06, 1969 - London, England, United Kingdom - The chief cutter at Ede and Ravenscoft showing off the investiture Mantle today. The Mantle is to be worn when the prince is invested as the Prince of Wales at Caernarvon next month. It is royal purple silk velvet, hand woven by Warners of Braintree of Essex, trimmed with white ermon and seal skin dots from Canada. The 18 carat Welsh gold clasp used at the 1911 investiture adorns the Mantle, and hand embroidered gold wire Prince of Wales Feathers decorate the hem. The Mantle is lined with part ermene and part silk spun at the famous silkworm farm at Lullingstone, Keny
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