Chair
ca. 1770 (made)
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| Place of origin |
On loan to Baysgarth House Museum.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved mahogany, the seat upholstered in black horsehair with close nailing |
| Brief description | Chair of mahogany, with open roundel open back formed of interlacing bands, with straight front legs and stretchers. In the style of Robert Manwaring. The seat is covered with black horsehair with close nailing. |
| Physical description | Mahogany with roundel open back formed of interlacing bands; straight front legs with angle brackets; straight stretchers. Seat covered with black horsehair with close nailing. |
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| Object history | Bought for £25 from Mrs Beatrice Posbury, 3 Ravenscourt Square, London W.6 (See Registered File 19/4569). The file contains no earlier history of the chair. When this chair was acquired, the seat was covered in green cloth with brass nailing. In 1980 the seat was give a new top cover of black horsehair by Carole Thomerson, the conservation upholsterer, with close nailing. Since 1982 the chair has been on loan to Baysgarth House Museum, Barton-on-Humber (Registered File 82/2330. |
| Summary | On loan to Baysgarth House Museum. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.460-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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