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Nelson's leather chair preserved

The black leather daybed had deteriorated badly and conservators at the Leather Conservation Centre (LCC) took 65 hours to carry out the work.

It will now go on display at the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth.

The piece of furniture was handed down by generations of Nelson's family and given to the museum last year.
Read entire article at BBC