Chair
1810-1820 (made)
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This chair is one of a pair. It is of a type known as a 'Trafalgar' chair, named to commemorate Lord Nelson's famous naval victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Trafalgar chairs have a continuous curving line down the back, along the seat rail, over the knee and down the 'Grecian' front leg. The first published design for this type was in a trade catalogue in 1808 (the London Chair-Makers' and Carvers' Book of Prices Supplement, which used the name 'Trafalgar' chair), and the type became more widely known when it was illustrated in the monthly periodical Ackermann's Repository in 1809. Ackermann described it as 'of Grecian form', but illustrated another version in 1814 when he described it as 'A Grecian parlour chair, otherwise called Trafalgar'.
On loan to Provost Skeen's House.
On loan to Provost Skeen's House.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Beechwood, stained to imitate rosewood and painted with golden 'grisailles' |
| Brief description | Chair of beechwood, stained to imitate rosewood, decorated with golden 'grisaille' motifs |
| Physical description | Chair of beechwood, stained to imitate rosewood, decorated with gilding or gold painting in 'grisaille' style, the seat caned and set with a drop-on seat, now re-upholstered. The legs are rectangular-sectioned, of curved, sabre form, the uprights, also of rectangular section, are continuous with the back legs and scroll backeards at the top. The mid-rail is curved in elevation, supporting a broad splat under a broad chair-rail tenoned between the uprights, both splat and rail painted with a design centreing on an urn, with scrolls to either side. The top of the right upright has been replaced, above the chair rail. |
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| Summary | This chair is one of a pair. It is of a type known as a 'Trafalgar' chair, named to commemorate Lord Nelson's famous naval victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Trafalgar chairs have a continuous curving line down the back, along the seat rail, over the knee and down the 'Grecian' front leg. The first published design for this type was in a trade catalogue in 1808 (the London Chair-Makers' and Carvers' Book of Prices Supplement, which used the name 'Trafalgar' chair), and the type became more widely known when it was illustrated in the monthly periodical Ackermann's Repository in 1809. Ackermann described it as 'of Grecian form', but illustrated another version in 1814 when he described it as 'A Grecian parlour chair, otherwise called Trafalgar'. On loan to Provost Skeen's House. |
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| Accession number | 336A-1899 |
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| Record created | June 23, 2008 |
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