Coronation chair
Ernest Gimson (1864 - 1919)
Category
Furniture
Date
1902
Materials
Brass, Mahogany, Rush
Measurements
920 x 460 x 480 mm
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771861.2
Summary
One of a pair, revivalist style mahogany side chair with rush slip seat.
Marks and inscriptions
Branded on the reverse of the rear seat rail, 'E.R. VII and [...]ONATION'; screwed on to the same member, a brass plate engraved 'EARL OF JERSEY/Coronation of Kind Edward VII/August 9th 1902'; stamped on reverse of the front seat rail but not clear or completely ledgible '[F.HANSON 8]'; stamped on the front, sinister corner block of the slip seat 'F HANSON' and '8'.
Makers and roles
Ernest Gimson (1864 - 1919), designer F. Hanson, maker