The Cope And Altar Frontal, Made By Watts & Co For The Coronation Of King Edward VII In 1902.

“The Anointing of Queen Alexandra”.

Painting by: John Byam Liston Shaw.

Text and Illustration: 

Supplied by Copilot and is subject to error.

This Painting shows the Coronation Vestments 

in use at the 1902 Ceremony in Westminster Abbey. 

Watts & Co. confirms that the Copes worn by the Abbey Clergy in this scene are the Crimson Velvet “Rose & Crown” Copes made specifically for King Edward VII’s Coronation.

The original 1902 Coronation Copes 

for the Coronation of King Edward VII were:

Crimson Velvet, specially woven for the Coronation

Embroidered with Gold Japanese Thread

Decorated with the Rose and Crown motif 

(later renamed “Coronation” fabric).

Designed to match the High Altar Frontal 

for King Edward VII’s Coronation.

Re-used for the Coronations of 

King George V and King George VI.

The following Text and Illustrations are from 

“English Church Embroidery 1833 - 1953”.

“The Watts Book Of Embroidery”.

By: Mary Schoeser.

A Cope (above) and Altar Frontal (below) embroidered 

by Watts & Co, under Davenport, for the Coronation of 

King Edward VII in 1902, makes bold use of the Embossed Velvet “Rose and Crown”, vigorously  outlined in Gold 

Thread to create an opulence suggesting Italian 

Renaissance Brocaded Velvets.