Armchair
1759-1770 (made)
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| Place of origin |
On loan to Cliffe Castle Museum.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 5 parts.
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| Brief description | Armchair, 18th century, French, gilded woodwork with tapestry upholstery |
| Physical description | White arm chair, carved with leaves, floral sprays, rosettes, and bands of leaf and astragal ornament. The back, seat and arms are stuffed, and covered with tapestry; the subject on the back is a sleeping 'Watteau' shepherdess on a landscape, with a dog and sheep, and that on the seat is a group of two shepherdesses in a landscape, with a bird and a basket of flowers. The arm-chair is supported on four fluted legs with similar carving, and the whole of the woodwork is covered with gilding. The tapestry, French (Beauvais) is from the late 19th century, the woodwork the 19th century. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs. Lyne Stephens |
| Summary | On loan to Cliffe Castle Museum. |
| Bibliographic reference | 'The Beauty of Her Age; a Tale of Sex, Scandal and Money in Victorian England', by Jennifer Roberts, Amberley Publishing, Stroud, 2016. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 466B/1 to B/5-1895 |
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| Record created | February 11, 2010 |
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