A set of coronation robes belonging to Lord and Lady Cross, 1901 and later, consigned from the Cross family to the Dominic Winter auction, £7000.
A set of coronation robes belonging to Lord and Lady Cross, 1901 and later, was consigned from the Cross family, by direct descent.
The lot offered on March 9 and estimated at £1000-1500 comprised a viscount’s crimson velvet robe and silver gilt coronet hallmarked R&S Garrard, 1901, and a viscountess’ crimson velvet kirtle and mantle, and a silver gilt coronet hallmarked Edward Barnard, 1936.
The robe and coronet were worn by Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1823-1914), at the coronation of Edward VII in 1902 and possibly again at the coronation of George V in 1911.
Both sets of robes and coronets were worn at the coronation of George VI in 1937, by the 3rd Viscount, Assheton Henry Cross (1920-2004), when he was only 17, and his mother, Maud Evelyn Cross (1889-1976), the 3rd Viscount having inherited the title as a minor aged 12.
Both sets reappeared at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953, used by the 3rd Viscount and his wife Patricia Mary Cross (1928-2014).
The lot took £7000.
