Armchair
1750-1775 (made)
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Armchair of carved mahogany with upholstered seat. The splat is of unusual design, centred on a double bogiepiercing, and splaying outwards to join the uprights in the form of C scrolls with roundels between. The serpentine top rail is carved with leaves and the arm supports with acanthus foliage. The straight front legs are carved with egg and dart mouldings, and there are carved brackets at each corner. The plain back legs splay ooutwardsand are also joined to the seat with carved brackets. The seat is covered in modern damask which is double-nailed.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved mahogany, damask upholstery. |
| Brief description | Armchair mahogany |
| Physical description | Armchair of carved mahogany with upholstered seat. The splat is of unusual design, centred on a double bogiepiercing, and splaying outwards to join the uprights in the form of C scrolls with roundels between. The serpentine top rail is carved with leaves and the arm supports with acanthus foliage. The straight front legs are carved with egg and dart mouldings, and there are carved brackets at each corner. The plain back legs splay ooutwardsand are also joined to the seat with carved brackets. The seat is covered in modern damask which is double-nailed. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by C. D. Rotch |
| Object history | Claude Rotch Bequest. At the time of the bequest the chair was described as " A mid 18th century mahogany armchair with a splat of unusual design". According to Departmental records, it (or a similar) came from the collection of Lady Hague sold at Sotheby's 23rd June 1961 Lot 143 Illustrated in The Connoisseur December 1942 The chair was once loaned to the Museum of Oxford and a keeper in Oxford wrote to the V&A to follow-up on a conversation with 'an enquirer' who had suggested that the chair might be Irish rather than English. |
| Bibliographic reference | The chair was illustrated in the Connoisseur magazine in December 1942. |
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| Accession number | W.77-1962 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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