Not currently on display at the V&A

Close Stool

1870-1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Returned from loan to Bodelwyddan Castle, National Portrait Gallery, Rhyl, May 2017.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Close Stool
  • Pot
Materials and techniques
Deal, with ebonized and inlaid mahogany, ebony and boxwood decoration. Red velvet top.
Brief description
Close stool, deal with ebonised and inlaid decoration, England, 1870-90, Lamb of Manchester, (RF:88/530)
Physical description
Commode of deal, with ebonized and inlaid decoration in mahogany, ebony and boxwood, with a dark red velvet upholstered top. White glass inset in the lower side of the lid and a damaged white earthenware pot.
It rests on bracket feet with an ebonized moulding above. The canted corners are ebonized and the top has an ebonized moulding on the edge. The front has an ebonized edged panel with a band of mahogany and a band of checquer work marquetry in ebony and boxwood. The sides are of plain panelled construction. The back is plain.
Dimensions
  • Height: 45.1cm
  • Depth: 39.4cm
Width dimension unclear in grey file. All dimensions taken from paper catalogue and not checked on object.
Marks and inscriptions
Lamb Manchester 49486.
Credit line
Given by E. Vincent Harris, Esq.
Object history
Given to the V&A in 1968 by E. Vincent Harris, Esq., of Highgate, whose wife was the grandaughter of James Lamb (acquisition Registered File: 68/273).
Summary
Returned from loan to Bodelwyddan Castle, National Portrait Gallery, Rhyl, May 2017.
Collection
Accession number
W.4-1968

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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