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A Coronation Uniform of a Page of Honour to a Peer
The uniform of a page to a nobleman, as follows: a mulberry-coloured cloth coat, with cuffs of crimson velvet, edged and trimmed with 6 in. silver lace forming twelve loops each side in front and three on each cuff and pocket-flap, (buttons present but now removed from the coat); a long cream silk waistcoat, hook-and-eye fastenings, edged with silver lace as on coat, and with eleven loops of Russia braid each side (buttons also present but detached); a black silk tricorne hat by WILKINSON, with edging of silver lace and buttoned loop of plaited silver gimp; a pair of white kerseymere knee-breeches with cloth-covered buttons; a postcard bearing a reproduction of a painting by Terence Cuneo depicting the above uniform being worn at the 1953 Coronation by The Hon. George Andrew Beaumont as Page to Viscount Allendale; approximately 60 white metal buttons, bearing a double crest; together with another Page's coat, of dark-blue cloth with rich yellow velvet cuffs, edged and trimmed with silver lace forming loops on fronts, cuffs and pocket-flaps, white metal buttons bearing the triple crest of The Temple-Vane-Stewart family within the Garter, surmounted by a Marquis's coronet, white silk ribbon knot on right shoulder (lot)
