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Lot Essay
The armorial is that of Colville or Colvile.
These 'throne' seats were designed for George V's and Queen Mary's Delhi Durbar, this pattern being adopted for dignitories. They are decorated with the banners proclaiming 'Delhi -1911' accompanying the stately-draped Imperial GRI [George Rex Imperator] cypher and armorial shields displayed on the triumphal-arched crest-rails, which are supported by crown-capped pillars bearing sceptres as ensigns of Imperial power.
The 'throne' seats were designed in the 17th century antiquarian manner in keeping with the 1911 Westminster coronation thrones, for which it had been decided that 'both the Thrones and Chairs of State should be ... of characteristically English types'. While the latter were inspired by a 17th century chair at Knole, Kent that had featured in Percy Macquoid's History of English Furniture: The Age of Walnut, 1905, fig 91; the Delhi thrones, apart from the arms' British lion-heads, relate most closely to Queen Anne's 1702 coronation throne, preserved at Hatfield House (C. Graham, Ceremonial and Commemorative Chairs in Great Britain, London, 1994, fig. 146).
These 'throne' seats were designed for George V's and Queen Mary's Delhi Durbar, this pattern being adopted for dignitories. They are decorated with the banners proclaiming 'Delhi -1911' accompanying the stately-draped Imperial GRI [George Rex Imperator] cypher and armorial shields displayed on the triumphal-arched crest-rails, which are supported by crown-capped pillars bearing sceptres as ensigns of Imperial power.
The 'throne' seats were designed in the 17th century antiquarian manner in keeping with the 1911 Westminster coronation thrones, for which it had been decided that 'both the Thrones and Chairs of State should be ... of characteristically English types'. While the latter were inspired by a 17th century chair at Knole, Kent that had featured in Percy Macquoid's History of English Furniture: The Age of Walnut, 1905, fig 91; the Delhi thrones, apart from the arms' British lion-heads, relate most closely to Queen Anne's 1702 coronation throne, preserved at Hatfield House (C. Graham, Ceremonial and Commemorative Chairs in Great Britain, London, 1994, fig. 146).