IDENTIFIERS
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id:	77217
accession number:	M.16-1970

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 25 March 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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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
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type: history note
value: This chair was used by Lord Greville at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by Sir Hamilton Kerr, 1970. Transferred to the Fitzwilliam Museum 1975

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77217

PEOPLE
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Lord Greville
Queen Elizabeth II

SUBJECTS
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coronation
Westminster Abbey



TECHNIQUES
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embroidery

CATEGORIES
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category: furniture

DATING
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creation date:	1953 - 1953
creation date earliest:	1953
creation date latest:	1953
culture:	20th Century, Mid

CREATORS
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maker: W. Hand & Sons

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 38.5

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 84.5



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