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Elizabeth II on her Coronation Day, 1953, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021 Above right A Machin-
inspired coloured silk scarf from the new range is priced £150 Right A Machin-inspired
mug, priced £20 Below right A bone
china cup and saucer, inspired by the purple Robe of Estate worn by the Queen at her coronation, is priced £65
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A round up of the best events for antiques and fine art lovers this summer, including those celebrating the Platinum Jubilee Crowning glory Windsor Castle hosts a number of events this summer to celebrate the Queen’s 70-year reign, including an exhibition of designs worn on her coronation in 1953. The British couturier Sir Norman Hartnell submitted nine different designs for her dress, from which the Queen accepted the eighth, suggesting the addition of embroideries in various colours, rather than all silver. The resulting satin dress was embroidered with floral emblems in gold and silver thread and pastel-coloured silks, encrusted with seed pearls. Her purple velvet robe was made by Ede and Ravenscroft and woven by Warner & Sons. It was stitched at the Royal School of Embroidery. Platinum Jubilee: The Queen’s Coronation is on at Windsor Castle from July 7 to September 26.
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Did you know? The Queen’s coronation robe took 12 embroiderers 3,500 hours to make using 18 different types of gold thread
ROYAL LINE For royal watchers who prefer to celebrate at home, the Royal Collection Trust has launched a range of commemorative products inspired by Arnold Machin’s iconic profile portraits of the Queen created by the former Wedgwood designer in 1966. The Platinum series features homeware items and accessories ranging from a recycled leather key ring, priced £4.95, to a Platinum Jubilee teapot on sale for £350. The sculptor and Royal Academician Arnold Machin (1911-1999) was responsible for the basrelief of the monarch which has featured on all British definitive postage stamps since 1967. The range can be purchased online from www. rct.uk/shop or from Royal Collection Trust shops in London, Windsor and Edinburgh.
Below left The Queen’s coronation dress, designed by Sir Norman Hartnell, and coronation robe by Ede & Ravenscroft, 1953, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021 Below right The
menu celebrates food produced at Chatsworth
Queen of puddings A family-recipe Bakewell tart and Chatsworth gin-cured salmon both appear at a London auction house’s Platinum Jubilee-inspired menu. Sotheby’s head chef Myles Fensom, came up with the menu in partnership with producers at Chatsworth – home to the Duke of Devonshire. A selection of Chatsworth Estate cheese from the Derbyshire stilton creamery, established by the 8th Duke of Devonshire in the 1870s, is also on offer, along with Chatsworth gin made from estategrown botanicals, including the Cavendish banana leaf unique to Chatsworth. The jubilee menu is on offer until July 15.
