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New Delhi: Traditional processions, a concert at Windsor Castle, street parties, light shows, and community volunteering will mark the coronation of the reigning British monarch, King Charles III on May 6. The highlight of the ceremony will be a 700-year-old gilded chair, which is being restored by a conservator at the coronation venue.
The chair was made in about 1300 after being commissioned by Edward I to house the ‘Stone of Scone’ – a stone brought from Scotland in 1296, which was the throne for Scottish Kings for hundreds of years.
Made of oak, covered in gold leaf gilding, and decorated with coloured glass, the chair was painted by Walter of Durham — the king’s master painter — who decorated it with patterns of birds, foliage, and a king. “The Chair’s gilding is decorated with intricate tiny dots, known as punchwork, which create exquisite images and patterns. This work is of the highest quality and is unparalleled in surviving medieval art in the British Isles. The base, an 18th-century replacement, is also gilded and has a lion at each corner,” the release added.
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