Chair
1760-1780 (made), 1800-1899 (made)
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Place of origin |
On loan to the Geffrye Museum.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Mahogany carved, upholstered leather seat. |
Brief description | Mahogany chair with upholstered leather seat, 95/2089 |
Physical description | Mahogany chair with upholstered seat. The splat has a central support which fans outwards, pierced and carved as an arrangement of quatrefoils with leaf decoration. The top rail is carved with a central leaf decoration and ends in carved scrolls. The square front legs are fluted on the front and side as are the outside of the back legs which curve outwards. There are four plain stretchers. The seat is covered with red leather fixed with brass studs of floral design. There is a carved bracket between the seat and each front leg. The chair is of a late eighteenth century style but thought to be made in the nineteenth century. |
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Credit line | Acquired from G Johnson with another in a set, 1278-1893. |
Object history | Purchased along with 1278-1893 from G.Johnson, Old Ferry House, Chelsea Embankment, SW3. On loan to the Geffrye Museum, London from 1952 to 2018. |
Summary | On loan to the Geffrye Museum. |
Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in Herbert Cescinsky, English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century Volume II, Figure 247, p236 described as Mahogany Chair date about 1755-60. |
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Accession number | 1279-1893 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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