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Chair

1890-99 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Child's side chair of bentwood, a child-sized version of Thonet's Chair No 14 but without the hoop stretcher (made from five pieces of turned wood rather than the adult style's six). The open-frame back and the back legs are made of a single bow of wood, with a three-quarter circle bentwood splat which is pegged and glued within it. The bow is bolted to the circular bentwood-edged canework seat and secured within by two nuts; the front legs are glued into holes in the underside of the seat. The circular seat has been upholstered in olive green plush on a plywood base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bentwood and plush
Brief description
Child's chair of bentwood with a replacement upholstered in olive green plush; probably made in Austria 1880-1900
Physical description
Child's side chair of bentwood, a child-sized version of Thonet's Chair No 14 but without the hoop stretcher (made from five pieces of turned wood rather than the adult style's six). The open-frame back and the back legs are made of a single bow of wood, with a three-quarter circle bentwood splat which is pegged and glued within it. The bow is bolted to the circular bentwood-edged canework seat and secured within by two nuts; the front legs are glued into holes in the underside of the seat. The circular seat has been upholstered in olive green plush on a plywood base.
Dimensions
  • Maximum height: 61cm
  • Maximum width: 35.5cm
  • Maximum depth: 49cm
Object history
Said by the donor to have been made for her mother-in-law, Lady Maud Walker-Snith, born ca. 1885. Given by Mrs C Walker Smith (RF87/134).
Production
No maker's marks visible, but possibly covered by the wooden reinforcements around the inner surface of the underside.
Alternatively, as the chair is said to have been made for a particular child, it may be a copy of the child's version of Thonet chair no.14.
Collection
Accession number
MISC.226-1987

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Record createdFebruary 16, 2009
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