About this object
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ID:
29.160c
Production date:
1641-1649
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Location:
In Store
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One of four embroidered fragments of a silk mantle reportedly worn by King Charles I. At the time of donation to the Museum of London in 1929, the mantle was said to 'have been given by King Charles to his favourite valet, Mr Herbert, immediately before he passed through the window of the Banqueting Hall on to the Scaffold in Whitehall. Mr Herbert's daughter (Mrs Stuart) gave it to the Countess Johanne Sophie (nee Countess Hohenloe Lengenburg), wife of Frederick Christian of Schumburg Lippe, who was for serveral years in England at the Court of George I and died at Stadthagen in 1743. The relics have remained in this family until their presentation to the [Museum of London].' < ...Read more
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Measurements
H 970 mm; W 45 mm (overall)
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Materials
silk
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Last Updated
2024-03-26
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