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Waterloo Elm

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17: 77:, a small table cabinet, a writing table, a work-table (owned by Anne Atkins), a chair, and a stand with the bark still on it, for a bust of Wellington. Some timber was given to others and they too had pieces made; these included a chair made for the 73:, the artist of sketch to the right. He felled the tree and had it shipped to England. Apart from the Waterloo chair in the Royal collection, he had some other items made from the lumber: a 273:"A Regency Waterloo elm and ebony Brass-mounted reading table – Circa 1818–1820, Possibly by Thomas Chippendale, the younger - European Furniture & Works of Art Auction" 39:(18 June 1815). The tree was killed by souvenir hunters after the battle. It was felled in 1818 and made into furniture, including a chair, made by 399: 113:
A "small table cabinet (surmounted by a carved seated lion above the inscription 'WATERLOO') was sold at Christie's, London, 6 July 2000, lot 10 (
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was located just south west of the intersection of the sunken lane and the Genappe–Brussels main road. It was the
256: 54:. In 1824 for a commission by Scott, Joseph Angell, a London silversmith, incorporated the wood into a silver 310: 74: 66: 321: 260: 36: 32: 62:
in 1994. It was discovered in a French free-market and returned to its rightful owners in 2010.
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A "writing-table was sold by Harris Lindsay Ltd, at Christie's, London, 10 May 2006, lot 140" (
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Duke of Wellington's
Battle of Waterloo
Thomas Chippendale, the younger
George IV
Walter Scott
quaich
Abbotsford House
John George Children
Anna Atkins
minerals cabinet
Duke of Rutland
Wellington College
List of Waterloo Battlefield locations
RC staff 2000
RC staff 2000



Christie's staff 2006
Bellaigue 1978
RC staff 2000
RC staff 2015
The Scotsman's staff 2010
Daily Main reporter 2012
help


NAM staff 2015
Furniture History Society

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