CORONATION CHAIRS

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 430, 11 May 1937, Page 7

CORONATION CHAIRS

A special correspondent of the Dondoq Daily Telegraph, who took par*, iu the procession up th e Nave at 1(112 Ccron.atti.on of King George V., says h • finds the proposed designs for hanging and furniture very diff rent on ;h : s occasion. Thron e chairs for the King and Queen, upholstered in red velvet, will be a. e implific l .Lion of th ? hislori 1 "Knole” chair —the design being lak, en from the cha’.r belonging to Lord Saukville at Knole Park. The e are being mad e in London. ' The fa Ids ools, at which the K'ng mJ Queen will kneel, also b in ; I made in London, are finished with ' red satin and gold braid '. nd tassels l ! Lining ( !he frontals up the nave and | in the transepts there will be an im_ I pressive Brocatelle fabric. It is j founded .in an Italian design, and is carried out in blue and gold. In place of the artiitic symbols of 'lie original design, ’oak leaves, the Tudor rose and the English crown have been introduced. The result is bo h dignified and bold. Th e , Brocatelle is being made at J Braintree, Essex-, and the gold l braid i and fringes in Don don. “Knols” Chair Design. i J Recognition chairs in the sanc'uj ary, of a design based on I he “Knole” i chair, are upholstered in red s’ , tin, ■as are the chairs for the- Duke of 'Gloucester, the Duke of Kent, ard | Prince Arthur of Connaught. The 1 faldstools are also finished with red j sa> in, gold nrai l, and tas ten All 1 ilieee are being made in Lcnd'-n j Chairs of th e Peers and Bishops •rre very simple—plain blue with gold braid, and in the right-hand corner the Royal cipher in gold. i The Royal box and Queen Mary’s j box will have frontals "of gold, very j simple in design, with coals of arms in the centre overhead) The design of Queen Mary’s chair has not yet I been approved. The embroideries : will, however, be done in London. 5700 Stools. I ! There are 5700 stools, blue-velvet i saddle sebt-ed and decora'ed w?th gold braid', which are for use in the annexe, where I know from experience that the wait before the procession is exhausting. These are being made in High Wycombe and in Lancaster. The decorations, in the annexe will Le different from the last Corona ion. In place of banners there is to be a fawn bEckground of “Giamis” fa7>_ no, made in Dundee, and some of the Duke of Buceleuch’s famous tapes-i-ries in gold mounds as mural d corations. Hcr e there will be sufficient rout seats in gold for at least 80 per-sons-—a welcome innovation for th? people waiting for the procesision to ■ egin.—but though >th e design has just been approved, ths order for their manufacture htis not yet been placed. Th© Crown Jewels will b? displayed on a specially designed table, covered with goad and embroidery, its feet being Email gold lions.