Earlier this morning, the hearse with Franklin pulled up, giving the public its first look at the casket Franklin is resting in. It's a solid bronze Promethean casket with a 24-karat gold plate ...

It’s actually constructed from 48-ounce polished bronze and has 14-karat, gold-plated hardware. Labor and construction time It can take more than a week to construct the Z94 Promethean casket.

"She is, indeed, resplendent in repose, as a queen should be." Franklin is resting in a solid bronze Promethean casket plated in 24-karat gold. It is the same type of coffin in which singers ...

The queen of soul arrived at Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in a solid bronze Promethean casket plated in 24-karat gold. She was wearing Christian Louboutin 5-inch ...

For $24,000 you can get Batesville Casket's Promethean bronze coffin with gold plating. That model reportedly has a little history, as it was the same model used in the funeral of singer Michael ...

Jackson's casket, named the Promethean, was made by the Batesville ... The coffin is composed of solid bronze plated with 14-carat gold; the inside of the box is lined with royal velvet arrangements.

This bronze sarcophagus weighs 310 pounds ... Remember Aretha Franklin’s golden casket? That was a Promethean. Now imagine a different type of casket: a humble wooden box built alongside ...

The plant in Batesville produces premium copper, bronze and stainless-steel caskets ... Notable burials: The shiny gold Promethean casket model has often been spotted at celebrity burials ...

solid bronze casket next week. According to Angry Ape, the coffin, which is similar to the same casket soul legend James Brown was buried in, is named Promethean and is lined with blue velvet as ...

Aretha Franklin will be laid to rest in Detroit on Friday in a casket fit for a queen — and built in the Hoosier state. A spokeswoman with Batesville Casket Company confirmed Tuesday that ...