The Skinner Chair in the Parlour was carved for Bishop Robert  Skinner in the late 17th century.
 The story told in the relief is that of Actaeon the Hunter who angered Artemis and was punished by being turned into a deer and attacked by his own hunting party.

The back of the chair also carries the Arms of the Skinner family.
The same Arms (impaled) are also featured on his grave in Worcester Cathedral.

The chair has been used on two royal occasions – Prince Albert sat on it in 1843 when he visited Bristol to launch Brunel's ship, the SS Great Britain, and Edward VII sat on it in 1908 when the Edward VII Dock was opened.
The Skinner Chair in the Parlour was carved for Bishop Robert  Skinner in the late 17th century.  The story told in the relief is that of Actaeon the Hunter who angered Artemis and was punished by being turned into a deer and attacked by his own hunting party.
The back of the chair also carries the Arms of the Skinner family. The same Arms (impaled) are also featured on his grave in Worcester Cathedral.
The chair has been used on two royal occasions – Prince Albert sat on it in 1843 when he visited Bristol to launch Brunel's ship, the SS Great Britain, and Edward VII sat on it in 1908 when the Edward VII Dock was opened.
Red Lodge Museum, Bristol