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Ceremonial object - Robe, Ede and Ravenscroft et al, City of Brighton Mayoral Robe, c. 1970

  • Photograph of a ceremonial robe on a silver mannequin. The robe is red with brown fur trim and black lines. It has a Coat of Arms embroidered on the shoulders.

    City of Brighton Mayoral Robe

  • Photograph of a ceremonial robe on a silver mannequin taken on the side. The robe is red with brown fur trim and black lines, it has coat of arms embroidered on the shoulders

    City of Brighton Mayoral Robe (side)

  • Photograph of a ceremonial robe on a silver mannequin taken from the back. The robe is red with brown fur trim and black lines.

    City of Brighton Mayoral Robe (back)

  • Photograph of a detail of the shoulder of a ceremonial robe on a silver mannequin. The robe is red with brown fur trim and black lines, and features an embroidered coat of arms.

    City of Brighton Mayoral Robe (detail)

  • Photograph of a ceremonial robe on a silver mannequin. The robe is red with brown fur trim and black lines. It has a Coat of Arms embroidered on the shoulders.
  • Photograph of a ceremonial robe on a silver mannequin taken on the side. The robe is red with brown fur trim and black lines, it has coat of arms embroidered on the shoulders
  • Photograph of a ceremonial robe on a silver mannequin taken from the back. The robe is red with brown fur trim and black lines.
  • Photograph of a detail of the shoulder of a ceremonial robe on a silver mannequin. The robe is red with brown fur trim and black lines, and features an embroidered coat of arms.

Historical information

The City of Brighton Mayoral robe features embroidered Coat of Arms on the sleeves, which were granted in 1970 by the British College of Heraldry. It includes two figures, the market gardener heralding back to Brighton’s early history in farming, and an aboriginal man, symbolising the original inhabitants of the area, the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation.
This robe was worn by the City of Brighton Mayor until Brighton’s amalgamation into City of Bayside in 1993.

Physical description

Full length mayoral robe with centre opening. Red wool with light brown fur edging on centre front opening and cuffs. The cuffs are also trimmed with wide bands of black velvet and each shoulder has an embroidered polychromatic roundel featuring the Brighton Coat of Arms. The bottom edge of the robe also has black velvet trim.

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