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The Regal Vestments: At Spitalfields

The stole of King Edward VII. was of woven gold tissue made at Spitalfields, and the ornamentation upon it was embroidered at the Royal School of Art Needlework, South Kensington. The devices upon it were the white imperial eagle, the Tudor rose, thistle and shamrock, each ensigned with a royal coronet. At each end was the red cross of St. George on a white ground. The dalmatic was of woven gold tissue with a repeating arabesque pattern all over it in a rich brown; it had a belt of cloth of gold with a gold buckle. It was made at Spitalfields.

At Spitalfields also was made the splendid mantle of King Edward VII., of cloth of gold richly embroidered at the Royal School of Art Needlework. A thin scroll of laurel is arranged over the whole surface of the mantle, leaving open spaces in each of which is enclosed one or other of the national badges: the white eagle, the Tudor rose, the thistle, the shamrock, the royal crown or the white lotus of India. In all cases white is correctly heraldically represented in silver. The morse is of cloth of gold, with the device of an imperial eagle in the centre flanked by two rose sprays.

The stole of King George V. has the same emblems upon it as those of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII., with the addition of the white lotus of India and the red dragon of Wales. It was made at Spitalfields and embroidered. The dalmatic has wide sleeves and is made of cloth of gold; it has also a girdle with flat gold buckles. It was made at Spitalfields. The mantle of George IV. was used again by George V. It was also made at Spitalfields, and is a beautiful example of the weaving done there by the descendants of the French Huguenot refugees who settled there on the revocation of the edict of Nantes. It is of cloth of gold, the designs of roses, thistles and shamrock being woven with it. The morse is in the form of a golden eagle (Fig. 60). THE END APPENDIX A LIST OF THE CROWN JEWELS AND PLATE IN THE JEWEL HOUSE, I. Crowns and Diadem- TOWER OF LONDON, A.D. 1919 1. King Edward the Confessor's Crown 2. The Imperial State Crown 3. The Imperial Indian Crown 4. Crown of Queen Mary of Modena 5. Crown of Queen Mary, Consort of King George V. 6. Diadem of Queen Mary of Modena 7. Crown of the Prince of Wales II. Sceptres and Staff- 1. The King's Royal Sceptre 2. The King's Sceptre with the Dove, or Rod of Equity 3. The Queen's Sceptre with the Cross 4. The Queen's Sceptre with the Ivory Dove 5. James I. Sceptre with the Dove 6. St. Edward's Staff III. Orbsー I. The King's Orb 5. William and Mary 6. do. 7. do. 8. George I.

VIII. Ecclesiastical Plate- I. The Ampulla 2. The Anointing Spoon 3. The Royal Baptismal Font (Charles II.) 4. Alms Dish (Charles II.) 5. Flagon (William and Mary) 6. Alms Dish do.