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Chair

1855-1865 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
England (made)

Buckle-back chair. Oval back carved in low figures, the ground stippled. Cabriole front legs and slightly curved back legs. The seat is covered with green upholstery and fringed with gold braid.


Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Chair
Materials and techniques
Carved walnut
Walnut
Carving
Brief description
Buckle-back, walnut with green upholstery, English, 1855-1865
Physical description
Buckle-back chair. Oval back carved in low figures, the ground stippled. Cabriole front legs and slightly curved back legs. The seat is covered with green upholstery and fringed with gold braid.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.75in
  • Width: 17in
  • Depth: 16in
measurements taken from paper records - not checked on object.
Credit line
Given by the Reverend Septimus Powell.
Object history
The set of twelve pieces of walnut drawing room furniture dating from the 1860s was given by the Reverend J. Septimus Powell, Deal, in 1961. Comprising a table Circ.203-1961, a set of six chairs Circ.204-209, an armchair Circ.210-1961, a low chair Circ.211-1961, a davenport desk Circ.212-1961, a music stool Circ.213-1961 and a sideboard Circ.214-1961. originally part of Circulation department items from the set have been on long-term loan to various museums: the table to Wakefield museum (returned 1995), the set of six chairs and two easy chairs to Leighton House, London, and a few of the set afterwards to Torre Abbey,Torbay (returned 2012), and the desk to Preston Hall Museum, Stockton on Tees (returned 2008).
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
CIRC.206-1961

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O371860/chair-unknown/
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