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
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