Coronation Chair
This ancient chair was made by order of King Edward I to enclose the famous Stone of Scone, which he brought from Scotland to Westminster Abbey in 1296.
The King had the magnificent oaken chair made to contain the Stone in the first year of 1300. It was then painted and decorated with patterns of birds, foliage and animals. The figure of a king with his feet resting on a lion was painted on the back of the chair and in the early 16th century, four
