In a brand new exhibit, the glove that Queen Elizabeth II donned at her coronation over 70 years ago will be on display.
On June 2, 1953, when the Queen was crowned, she wore on her left hand a white garment with an embossed cypher of Her Late-Majority.
It is set to feature as part of the Treasures of Gold and Silver Wire exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery in the City of London.
A dress worn by the Queen Mary in 1911 at her coronation is also on display.
This cream satin dress is embroidered with gilt metal thread.
A new exhibition will display the glove that Queen Elizabeth II wore at her coronation, more than 70 year ago.
When she was crowned at Westminster Abbey in June 1953, the monarch wore a white garment embossed Her Late Majesty’s Cypher on her right.
This glove is made of white leather and was specially designed for this ceremony.
It was worn by her shortly after she received the Crown of Sovereignty and when the Archbishop crowned her with the Sceptre Cross.
The glove’s colour is a sign of purity and was chosen to evoke Edward the Confessor, the Anglo-Saxon ruler.
Frederick Marquis was then the Chancellor of Duchy Lancaster and presented the artifact to Queen Elizabeth on her coronation day.
The coronation ceremony has included a glove since King Richard II was crowned in 1377.
Dents is a luxury leather goods company founded in 1777.
In May at the coronation of King Charles, he chose to wear the same glove that his grandfather King George VII wore in 1937.
In Queen Mary’s gown, you can see the emojis of each of the UK nations. There are also the waves that represent the oceans of British Empire and the Lotus as well as the Star of India.
The courtsuit of Charles Dickens will also be on show, as well as the gold crown and robe that Dame Helen Mirren wore in Cleopatra.
The Bacton Altar cloth was a dress that Queen Elizabeth I wore.
Made from silver Italian fabric and cream colored silk, the one-time garment has a unique design.
This afghan is embroided with flowers and fruit. It also has plants and animals like mistletoe and raspberries.
The only dress that survives from Queen Elizabeth I’s 16th-century period will also be on show starting Friday.
Experts at Historic Royal Palaces concluded the exquisitely-embroidered garment was so lavish that it was almost certainly worn by the Queen herself. The Queen is also seen in the famous Rainbow Portrait, where she wears a fabric that looks strikingly like the one used for the garment.
A dress worn by the Queen at her coronation, in 1911 is on show. This cream-coloured satin dress is adorned with gilt metal thread.
The coronation of Queen Mary I and King George V in June 1911
Also on display from today will be the the only surviving dress worn by Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th century, along with the outfits worn by Claire Foy and Matt Smith in Netflix series The Crown, in which they played the Queen and Prince Philip.
The Crown’s clothing was worn during the first season in 2016 of the series.
It was stored at St Faith’s Bacton Church in rural Herefordshire, for many centuries before the royal link was discovered in 2015.
Experts at Historic Royal Palaces concluded the exquisitely-embroidered garment was so lavish that it was almost certainly worn by the Queen herself.
Tudor Law at that time stipulated such high-status fabric could be worn only by royalty and senior aristocracy.
Other evidence included the existence of the Queen’s famous Rainbow Portrait, where she is seen dressed in a strikingly similar fabric.
One of St Faith’s early parishioners was her faithful lady-in-waiting, Blanche Parry, who received clothes from her royal mistress.
No other of her famously beautiful dresses have survived.
Darcy Bussell in her costume from the ballet Sylvia (2004), Claire Foy in the Netflix series The Crown (playing the Queen) and Matt Smith as the Prince Philip.
An elaborately-embroidered coat of a ‘State Trumpeter of the Household Cavalry’ bearing the Royal Cypher of Queen Elizabeth II is seen the ‘Treasures of Gold and Silver Wire’ exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery
David Tennant’s robe from Richard II (2013).
Helen Mirren wearing a Nadine-Bayliss designed crown as she played Cleopatra during a stage production in 1982 of Antony and Cleopatra.
Helen Mirren wearing the headpiece from Antony and Cleopatra 1982
Foy’s outfit, which she wore as Queen in scenes showing the coronation, was also used.
Smith donned his navy suit to depict the 1947 Royal Wedding.
Munsur Ali said that the new exhibit promises to be a feast for all the senses.
“I’m sure the show will be very well received, especially by costume designers and historians of fashion, theater lovers and jewellery fans. They will not want to miss this amazing collection.
“We are pleased to be hosting the exhibition in our Destination City Programme.”
Catherine Carr, of Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers the Gold, said: ‘This superb exhibition will showcase the beautiful application of gold and silver wire over the centuries and will appeal to all ages, offering an opportunity to view examples of gold and silver wiredrawing of a calibre unmatched anywhere.
“Visitors will be able put the exhibits within their appropriate social, historical, and cultural contexts. They can discover the stories related to them and marvel.”
The Treasures of Gold and Silver Wire exhibition runs at Guildhall Art Gallery in the City of London from today until November 12.