The Coronation chair which will soon be used by King Charles has spent the last few months undergoing cleaning and preservation work in preparation for the coronation
The Coronation chair which will soon be used by King Charles is steeped in 700 years of history and is now being renovated ahead its starring role in this May's proceedings.Henry VIII, Charles I, Queen Victoria and the late Queen Elizabeth were all crowned in the historic chair which bears the scars of centuries of misuse, with some graffiti being added by Westminster schoolboys and visitors to Westminster Abbey during the 18th and 19th century.
Krista Blessley, Westminster Abbey’s paintings conservator, has been working to clean and preserve the chair ahead of the coronation. In preparation for the coronation, Krista has spent the past four months meticulously preserving the flaking gilding and cleaning the chair’s surface using sponges and cotton swabs.
“So there are areas of drapery where you can tell there would have been a figure. It might be they are figures of kings or it might be a figure of a saint, because so much is lost we can’t really tell at the moment but I’ll do some further investigation.”
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