© Westminster Abbey Chapter House, Pyx Chamber, and Abbey Museum
George IV's Coronation footstool
Artist: Edward Bailey (1809 - 1840)
Location: Westminster Abbey Chapter House, Pyx Chamber, and Abbey Museum
Date: 1821
Materials: giltwood & velvet
Dimensions: 91 x 71 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £4,000 (Total: £36,318)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 3652 (1992)
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.
Description:
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.
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