A half-plate negative of a piece of elaborate carving from the back of the throne of Xianfeng, Emperor of China (1831-61), taken in 1860. This and another piece were subsequently made into a settee (RCIN 21614). Photographed for the Windsor Castle Inventory of Arms, Part 2, North Corridor (RCIN 1122401), no.698, and also 1021. 

Made from wood said to have been part of the Emperor of China's throne, taken from Yuanmingyuan (the 'Old Summer Palace') near Peking (modern Beijing) by Anglo-French troops in 1860, during the Second Opium War. The pieces were presented to Queen Victoria by Lieutenant General Henry Hope Crealock (1831–91). A settee made from the wood was subsequently placed in the Grand Corridor at Windsor Castle.