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Great Hall, Stirling Castle. Cloth of Estate 1999 |
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illustration details the Cloth of Estate which took almost two
years to make. The heraldic design was based on an illustration
of King James lV at prayer in front of a altar bearing his arms.
This is to be found in the Book of Hours of James lV and Margaret
Tudor attributed to Simon Bening. The embroidery involves appliqué
silk, traditional gold-work techniques and padded kid in grey,
silver and gold. It is bejeweled with garnets and glass jewels.
Members of Embroiderers' Guilds in Scotland were invited to
"audition" to be the creators of the embroidery.
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The
Great Hall was opened and Her Majesty the Queen unveiled the
Cloth of Estate on November 30th 1999.
Photographed at the unveiling are the team. Form left to right:
Catriona Martin, Eileen Rumble, Katherine Murray, Liz Boulton,
Malcolm Lochhead, Mary McCarron, Moira Whyte. Sadly, Sheena
Macdonald was unable to be present.
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