Chair

Add to album

This oak chair is reputed to have come from the Palace of Holyroodhouse although the crowns, raised aloft by a pair of amorini, do not in themselves indicate a royal provenance.

The caning is not original and there are some repairs to the frame.

Record details

To search on related items, click any underlined text below.

• Online ID: 000-100-080-560-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
  Project description   View all records in project
• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1915.21
• Date: Between 1680 and 1700
  Late 17th or early 18th century
  
• Material: Wood
  
• Dimensions: 1150 mm H x 455 mm L x 420 mm W
  
• What:
• Subject: Furniture
  
• Who:
• Where: Holyrood Palace
  SCOTLAND
  
• Event:
• Description: Oak arm-chair with baluster uprights, back top rail formed by a crown supported by two Cupids, and cane seat: Scottish, late 17th or early 18th century; from Holyrood Palace
  
• References:
• Translations:
• Related Records: