English: Royal mantle in cut velvet of red silk and a collar of ermine with black tails. The mantle is strewn with towers and escutcheons, elements derived from the disassembled Arms of Portugal. The borders are decorated with floral and vegetal motifs. The ornamentation consists of applied embroidery in silk, thread, laminated thread, and gold and/or gilded silver leaf. The mantle is lined with lhama (a type of fine fabric) and features applied gold thread embroidery. The ermine collar is lined with pearl-colored silk damask.
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Officialy called simply as "royal mantle" and commonly refered as "mantle of the constitutional kings", this was the mantle first used by Luis I of Portugal until 1910.
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