Chair

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	England (made)

carved and joined beech with caned back and seat; baluster legs at front joined by carved cross-rail with scrolling and voluted decoration; front legs tenoned up into front seat rail, back stiles as one, side and back seat rails tenoned into back stiles (square section at bottom half, then baluster up to the top); top and bottom rails tenoned into stiles, stiles of seat back tenoned into rails; side seat rails and side stretchers are tenoned and pegged to the legs; caned back and seat - no evidence of upholstery; plain stretchers, seat back stiles have saw marks.

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Categories	Furniture Woodwork
Object type	Chair
Materials and techniques	Carved and joined beech with caned seat and back Beech Cane Joining Carving Caning
Brief description	Carved and joined beech chair with caned back and seat, English, 1680-1720
Physical description	carved and joined beech with caned back and seat; baluster legs at front joined by carved cross-rail with scrolling and voluted decoration; front legs tenoned up into front seat rail, back stiles as one, side and back seat rails tenoned into back stiles (square section at bottom half, then baluster up to the top); top and bottom rails tenoned into stiles, stiles of seat back tenoned into rails; side seat rails and side stretchers are tenoned and pegged to the legs; caned back and seat - no evidence of upholstery; plain stretchers, seat back stiles have saw marks.
Dimensions	Height of back stile height: 119cm Width of front of seat width: 44.5cm Measurement of edge of seat rail from back to front is 38.2cm depth: 50cm Measurement from centre of seat from front to back depth: 374cm
Object history	Gift. Received from Sir Samuel Montagu, Bart.
Bibliographic reference	59/2679
Collection	Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number	408-1901

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Record created	January 21, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O183936/chair-unknown/

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