This chair & stool were made as guest seating for the Royal Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Both are outstanding examples as they are original throughout, including the upholstery and seat location tag on the top rail of the chair. The chair & stool are stamped on the inside rails CORONATION and dated 1953. Both are in excellent condition. After the coronation, and in order to try and recover some of the costs of the event, by an act of Parliament those who had attended the coronation were allowed to purchase the chair or stool they had sat on during the ceremony. In 1953 the chairs were sold for 7 pounds 10 shillings each and the stools 4 pounds seven shillings. As an added bonus, with this chair and stool, it is known who sat in them during the coronation and this information will be supplied to the buyer.