A PAIR OF GEORGE VI SILVERED OAK CORONATION CHAIRS AND MATCHING STOOL

Lot 220
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Lot 220 | A PAIR OF GEORGE VI SILVERED OAK CORONATION CHAIRS AND MATCHING STOOL
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£ 600 – 900
A PAIR OF GEORGE VI SILVERED OAK CORONATION CHAIRS AND MATCHING STOOL

THE STOOL BY WEARING AND GILLOW, THE CHAIRS BY HAND & SONS, USED AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY FOR THE CORONATION OF HM KING GEORGE VI, 12 MAY 1937

Covered in blue velvet, the backs of the chairs embroidered in gold with the cypher of H.M. King George VI, on chamfered square-section legs, the stool of conforming design, branded 'GRVI Coronation' below a closed crown, the chairs stamped 'HAND & SONS/1937' and numbered '19' in blue crayon, the stool stamped 'Waring & Gillow (1832) Ltd.' and with further numbering

The chairs: 33 ½ in. (85 cm.) high; 19 in. (49.5 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep; the stool: 19 in. (48 cm.) high; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) wide; 12 ½ in. (32 cm.) deep





Provenance

One possibly, Michael Edwin Sandys, 5th Baron Sandys

(1855-1948) and by descent.



Literature

Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS, in 'The Admiral's Room'.
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