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Lot Essay
These 'throne' seats were designed for George V's and Queen Mary's Delhi Durbar. They are decorated with banners proclaiming 'Delhi -1911' accompanying the stately-draped Imperial GRI [George Rex Imperator] cypher and armorial shields of Colville (or Colvile). These are flanked 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 Westminster coronation thrones 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 relate most closely to Queen Anne's 1702 coronation throne, preserved at Hatfield House (Graham, 1994, fig. 146).
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 Westminster coronation thrones 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 relate most closely to Queen Anne's 1702 coronation throne, preserved at Hatfield House (Graham, 1994, fig. 146).