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[1] It is therefore generally of a long and tall shape to fit the space. It may be as a hanging mirror or as mirrored glass affixed flush to the pier, in which case it is sometimes of the same shape and design as the windows themselves. This was a common decorating feature in the reception rooms of Neoclassical 18th-century houses.
Peeresses (both female peers and the wives of male peers) also wear a crimson robe at coronations, but it is of a different design: a crimson velvet kirtle, edged in miniver, is worn closely over a full evening dress; the robe itself is attached at the shoulder, and takes the form of a long train of matching crimson velvet, edged with miniver ...
The mirror hangs between two vertical columns frequently connected by two horizontal planks in a frame-like arrangement. Each column rests on two splayed feet. The mirror features a tilt mechanism so that it can be used at different angles, and sometimes also has a height adjustment pulley with lead counterweights. [1] [2]
[note 2] Baron Camden: 17 July 1765 Marquess Camden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Baron Digby: 19 August 1765 Henry Digby, Baron Digby, MP: His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999. [note 2] Baron Sundridge: 22 December 1766 Held by the Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of Scotland since 1770. [note 2] Baron Apsley: 24 January 1771
They are of two varieties: parliament robes, worn in the House of Lords on occasions such as at a peer's introduction [27] or state opening of parliament, and coronation robes, worn at the coronations of monarchs. The details of the fur on these robes differs according to a peer's rank.
The piers of the four apses that project from each outer wall are also strong, to withstand the outward thrust of the half-domes upon them. Many niches articulate the wall-spaces of the piers. [3] Montacute House (England, c. 1598). Niches in the piers of the long gallery are occupied by statues of the Nine Worthies.