Chair, one of a set of nine ornate decorated oak hall chairs
Key details
- Object number
- 3.4524
- Date
- 1770 to 1799
- On display
- No
- Object number
- 3.4524
- Date
- 1770 to 1799
- On display
- No
Description
One of a set of 9 oak hall chairs with double scroll backs painted in gold with Burns's crest and motto "better a wee bush than nae bield".
Each chair was donated to the Monument Committee in 1827 to furnish the interior chamber of the Monument erected in 1823.
Object information
Acquisition
1827
Category
Material
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