Bentley says its coronation cushions are fit for a king

By CARSIFU | 7 May 2023


LONDON: To celebrate the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on May 6, a team of Bentley’s craftsmen have worked together to produce a limited series of bespoke cabin cushions for a fleet of Bentleys.

The team, based at Bentley’s plant in Crewe, used a combination of skill and cutting edge technology to digitise the special Coronation Emblem before creating each cushion by hand

Bentley said its team took three days and four iterations of embroidery processing before it was satisfied with the quality.

The emblem consists of two separate thread colours, and three different colourways of the emblem were used, to contrast the individually-selected hides for different colours of cushions to match the interiors of the Bentleys that will use them.

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Each cushion took over three hours to produce and uses hides sourced from northern Europe where the temperate climate and lack of barbed wire fencing reduces imperfections.

Trim developer Ella Mitchell led the job that’s produced the bespoke cushions for this special occasion. The cushions will remain with Bentley’s press cars for a time and are not available for purchase.

The most noticeable element in the cabin of any Bentley is the choice of colour of the leather used. The colour combinations for the cushions have been matched to the individual specifications of two Bentayga EWBs and two Bentayga Hybrids, and one other highly bespoke Bentley, in time for this weekend’s coronation celebrations.

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The colours of the cushions include Cricketball, Cumbrian Green, Imperial Blue and Saddle, using 1.4mm thick leather with accent piping of Beluga, Porpoise, Newmarket Tan and Imperial Blue respectively.

Contrasting the leather, the emblems have been sewn in Black, White, Red and Blue thread. The size and shape of the cushions have been modelled from the cushions of the 1958 S1 Continental Flying Spur in Bentley’s Heritage Collection.

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