Jacobite and Hanoverian Furniture, Furnishings and Textiles
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of 20 items of Jacobite and Hanoverian furniture, furnishings and textiles produced in Scotland and England between 1600 and 1746. This collection includes pieces of wooden furniture and furnishings that celebrate both the Stuart and Hanoverian royal families, with carvings of arms relating to, among others, James VI and I, Charles II, and Queen Anne. Textiles and clothing include some boys’ clothes that supposedly belonged to the later Charles II, and furnishings and ceremonial clothing carrying motifs associated with the Jacobite and Hanoverian causes. One such example is a Jacobite apron with motifs signalling loyalty to the Stuarts. The collection also contains the ‘Rebel Chair’, which was allegedly carved from the tree used to hang Jacobite leaders following defeat at Culloden. The Hanoverians succeeded the Stuarts as monarchs of Great Britain in 1714. Jacobitism was a political and military movement that opposed the House of Hanover and supported the restoration of the Stuart kings to the British throne. In 1745 a large Jacobite Rising was led by James Stuart’s son, Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. He led his army to victories and into England to take London and the throne but eventually retreated to Scotland. In 1746 he escaped to France following defeat at Culloden on 16 April 1746, the last battle to be fought in mainland Britain.
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