Not currently on display at the V&A

Chair

1930-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Child's armchair of wicker, with willow rods and trim, and beech wood legs. The tub-shaped chair has a woven wicker seat, rounded at the back edge, with the back and sides of thin criss-crossed sticks of willow, all finished with a plaited edge of willow. The sides are reinforced with a length of beech wood dowelling just behind each of the front legs. The skirt of the chair is made up of vertical and crossed willow rods between two horizontal bands of woven willow, and the legs are of beech dowelling. A beech stretcher runs immediately beneath the front edge of the seat.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wicker, willow and beech
Brief description
Child's arm chair of wicker, with willow rods and trim, and beechwood legs, made in England 1930-60
Physical description
Child's armchair of wicker, with willow rods and trim, and beech wood legs. The tub-shaped chair has a woven wicker seat, rounded at the back edge, with the back and sides of thin criss-crossed sticks of willow, all finished with a plaited edge of willow. The sides are reinforced with a length of beech wood dowelling just behind each of the front legs. The skirt of the chair is made up of vertical and crossed willow rods between two horizontal bands of woven willow, and the legs are of beech dowelling. A beech stretcher runs immediately beneath the front edge of the seat.
Dimensions
  • Maximum height: 42.5cm
  • Maximum width: 39.5cm
  • Front to back depth: 39cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs P. F. D. Wallis
Object history
Given by Mrs P F D Wallis (RF 84/1689); the gift includes garments, toys, puppets and a tricycle
Collection
Accession number
MISC.236-1986

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Record createdMarch 30, 2009
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