Set of robes worn by Lady Baroness Headley at George VI coronation – £2200 at Lawrences of Crewkerne.
At Lawrences of Crewkerne on May 20 a set of robes worn by Lady Baroness Headley at the George VI coronation took £2200 (estimate £1000-1500).
Comprising a crimson silk velvet cloak trimmed with ermine, an ivory silk dress, a velvet robe trimmed with lace, it also came with a coronet within a silk-lined Garrard & Co tin case. To complete the ultimate dressing-up chest, it was offered together with a set of House of Lords robes belonging to Baron Headley.
English herald’s tabard worn at the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902 – £340 at Bowler & Binnie.
A shoulder piece of an English herald’s tabard worn by Captain GSC Swinton, March Pursuivant, at the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902 was estimated at £150-200 at Dunfermline saleroom Bowler & Binnie (18% buyer’s premium) on April 9 and made £340.
