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Oak hall chair with painted gold Burns crest and motto

Key details

Object number
3.4524.d
Date
1770 to 1799
On display
No

Description

Oak hall chair with double scroll back painted in gold with Burns's crest and motto 'better a wee bush than nae bield'. Square rear legs, turned front legs.

Brass plate on back of seat reads 'From W'm Anderson, Esq. Upper Seymour Street, London, , 1827'.


Object information

Acquisition

1827

Material

Measurements

  • Depth: 45(cm)
  • Height: 86(cm)
  • Width: 40(cm)

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