Live Auction 7858The London Sale
A PAIR OF ELIZABETH II LIMED-OAK CORONATION CHAIRS
Lot 110

A PAIR OF ELIZABETH II LIMED-OAK CORONATION CHAIRS

1953, BY W. HANDS & SONS LTD

Closed3 September 2012

Price Realised

GBP 7,500

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A PAIR OF ELIZABETH II LIMED-OAK CORONATION CHAIRS
1953, BY W. HANDS & SONS LTD
Each covered with blue velvet bearing the monogram E R II beneath a crown, stamped 'W. HANDS & SONS LTD., 1953' and branded 'ER CORONATION', one with a label '467', the other '468'; Together with a selection of Coronation Memorabilia and the original cotton covers
33½ in. (85 cm.) high; 19½ in. (49.5 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep (2)

By descent to the current owner from the daughter of Harold Sissons, Mayor of Umtata, South Africa, who attended the Coronation ceremony.

Specialist note

W. Hands and Sons Ltd., a furniture make in High Wycombe were commissioned to make the chairs for Peers and Peeresses. The blue velvet upholstery was made at Listers Mills in Bradford, Yorshire. After the ceremony those who had occupied the chairs were given the opportunity to buy them.