The Coronation Chair - furniture at its most architectural. ***** Chair in Westminster Abbey, which is representative of furniture at its most architectural. That chair, on which our Queen was crowned, was made by Master Walter of Durham to the order of Edward I to hold the Stone of Scone, which he brought from Scotland in 1296. It was originally brightly painted, and later gilded: seven layers of paint have been found on it. The four lions at the base were added for the coronation of Henry VIII. January 30, 1951. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract Picture).