The myth of Scotland’s royal seat

It gives some idea as to how furniture connoisseurship has changed that the upholstered high-back chair pictured here could once have been accepted as an original furnishing from the bedroom of Mary Queen of Scots.

The myths linking the late 17th century furnishings at Holyroodhouse with 16th century events begin …

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