George IV's Coronation footstool

Edward Bailey (1809 - 1840)

Westminster Abbey Chapter House Pyx Chamber and Abbey Museum

1821

The top covered in crimson velvet with gold fringe is supported by foru carved lions, the underside canvas is inscribed. Its design and the carving of its supporting lions is deliberately antiquarian in spirit, to match St. Edward's throne.

• Medium: giltwood & velvet
• Dimensions: 91 x 71 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £4000 ( Total: £36,318)
• ArtFunded in: 1992
• Vendor: Sotheby's

Provenance

Commissioned from the London firm of Bailey and Saunders by the Lord Chamberlain for the Coronation of George IV in Westminster Abbey on 20 July 1821.

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