Pair of Hall Chairs
1825-1835 (made)
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On loan to Hillsborough Castle, County Down, Northern Ireland.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Mahogany. |
Brief description | Pair of hall chairs, mahogany with painted image of a wyvern, English, ca. 1830 |
Physical description | Hall chairs, a pair. Mahogany. The back of scimitar form, supported by "C" scrolls, enclosing a roundel with a painted crest of a wyvern. Mahogany seat supported at the rear by plain, backward-curving, and at the front by round, tapering, reeded, legs. Wooden studs at the front corners. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Lady B.R.F. Henriques |
Object history | Bequeathed by Lady Henriques, the acquisition recorded on Nominal File MA/1/H1634. The hall chairs came from 37 Eaton Square, London, where Lady Henriques had a collection of furniture made between 1790 and 1820, including a number of pieces in satinwood. She was the widow of Sir Philip Gutterez Henriques (1867-1950), a barrister and civil servant. Their only son, Philip, was killed in action in 1815, and from 1930, Lady Henriques had been seeking to make bequests to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and the V&A of pieces from her collection. |
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Summary | On loan to Hillsborough Castle, County Down, Northern Ireland. |
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Accession number | W.20&A-1955 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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