Armchair

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On display at Lydiard Park, Swindon

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	England (made)

Armchair with a rectangular back and serpentine top-rail. The chair's seat is square and stuffed with black horse hair. The seat frame is beech. The arms are stuffed andthe ends of the arm rests and supports are carved with acanthus foliage. The scale pattern and the lunettes on the former are later additions. The chair has cabriole legs that are carved into at the front with acanthus foliage.

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Categories	Furniture Interiors
Object type	Armchair
Materials and techniques	Carved mahogany Mahogany Carving
Brief description	Armchair with a rectangular back and serpentine top-rail, upholstered seat, back and arm rests, raised on carved cabriole legs. English, 1750-70 ?, Rotch Bequest, 84/431
Physical description	Armchair with a rectangular back and serpentine top-rail. The chair's seat is square and stuffed with black horse hair. The seat frame is beech. The arms are stuffed andthe ends of the arm rests and supports are carved with acanthus foliage. The scale pattern and the lunettes on the former are later additions. The chair has cabriole legs that are carved into at the front with acanthus foliage.
Dimensions	Height: 914.4mm Width: 609.6mm Depth: 609.6mm Measurements taken from paper records - not checked on object.
Credit line	Bequeathed by C. D. Rotch
Object history	Bequeathed by Claude Rotch On Loan to Lydiard Park, Swindon since 1983
Subject depicted	Acanthus
Collection	Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number	W.43-1962

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O372257/armchair-unknown/

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