IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 77217 accession number: M.16-1970 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 28 June 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Chair of wood stained grey, the back and seat covered in blue velvet trimmed with yellow silk braid. The left-hand corner of the back embroidered in yellow silk thread with 'E II R' beneath a crown. The inside of the chair rail at the front of the seat is stamped '1953' and 'W. Hand and Sons Ltd'. There is a black 'ER' surmounted by a crown, with 'coronation' to the right of it. One of a pair with M.17-1970. title: chair NOTES ----- type: history note value: This chair was used by Lord Greville at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Sir Hamilton Kerr, 1970. Transferred to the Fitzwilliam Museum 1975 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77217 PEOPLE ------------------- Lord Greville Queen Elizabeth II SUBJECTS ------------------- coronation Westminster Abbey TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidery CATEGORIES ------ category: furniture DATING ------ creation date: 1953 - 1953 creation date earliest: 1953 creation date latest: 1953 culture: 20th Century, Mid CREATORS -------- maker: W. Hand & Sons DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 38.5 dimension: Height units: cm value: 84.5 IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa9/M_16_1970.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa9/mid_M_16_1970.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa9/M_16_1970.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa9/preview_M_16_1970.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels