The glove is held in the Harborow collection (London, Worshipful Company of Glovers, Harborow collection, acc. no. 25744). It is made of white kid leather, lined with purple satin and decorated with bobbin lace. It is further embellished with an embroidered blue and red badge bearing the motto: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense, under a Queen’s crown. It is an Anglo-Norman phrase, loosely meaning “Shamed be he who thinks ill of it.” It is the motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter.
The glove is currently on loan to the Fashion Museum, Bath, England.
See also the TRC Needles entries on the British coronation garments and on Queen Elizabeth II coronation glove.
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