Coalville Times | 1901-11-22 | Page 6 | Seats of Monarchs

SEATS OF MONARCHS. lag Edward aod t in M holaa Have aeveral Kuyal Chain. Oroat Urltaln baa no dlatlnctlve and exclualve throne, lnatead, there are four the wooden chair, with the alab of Scotch atone, In Weatuilnater Abbey, Ab-bey, which hna aerved a. the coronation corona-tion aeut of the monarcha of thla realm for .even centurlea; the aump-tuoua aump-tuoua chair of state In the Houae of Lor da; the chair on which the late queen aut when holding a drawing room In llucklngbatn pauco, and the gilt arm chulr at Wlndaor, In which the aoverelgn alta to receive lettura of credence or recull from foreign vnvoya, or accord audience, to duaky potea-tatce. potea-tatce. ' The Cr.ur of Hu.ala la even more diversely throned. Kuch of a doien cbaira of Hate are at vurloua tltnea atylcd the Una Ian throne. The two moat remarkable are the cbaira of Ivan the Terrible and the one In BL UuorKe'a Hull of the Winter I'alaee at HI. IVterahuiK- The former la of turquolaia. In the hack alone there are 10,000 of theao gema. The other chair la uf ro.tly wooda, with Ivory and gold, richly Jeweled, and emboaaed with-the Impe rial euule. The sent la of ertulue, and the urnia are Ivory tu.ka. Further eaat, :n leherun, the Shah dl.playa littuanir on a white marble throne, looted from Delhi In 173. It la of Ivory, overlaid with gold, and ablaze with gem., Ita value being eatl-mated eatl-mated at over i; 1.000,000.