hand towel

Made:
1937 in Manchester
Hand towel commemorating the 1937 coronation of King George VI

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Hand towel commemorating the 1937 coronation of King George VI
Science Museum Group Collection
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Hand towel commemorating the 1937 coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth made by Christys of Droylesden. Shows the crown surounded by a laurel wreath with the symbols of the Commonwealth nations in 1937 above and below: Canadian maple leaf, South African springbok, Australian kangaroo, New Zealand silver fern and for the United Kingdom a cluster of a Scottish thistle, Welsh daffodil, Northern Irish shamrock and English rose.

Details

Category:
Textile Industry
Object Number:
Y1987.63
Measurements:
Overall: 550 mm x 1090 mm,
type:
hand towel