Armchair
ca. 1823 (made)
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The red and gold upholstery of this chair is based on the original scheme, using fragments of material found on the chair and John Buckler's illustration of the drawing room published in his Views of Eaton Hall (1826). The unusual method of hanging the fabric from the back of the chair was intended to emphasise the Gothic design and to make the backs look more interesting.
Places
Eaton Hall, Cheshire, was built in 1804-1812 for Robert, 2nd Earl Grosvenor (1767-1845) by the architect William Porden (1755-1822), with additional wings of 1823-1825. (The house was altered 1846-51, rebuilt in 1870 and demolished in 1963.) The drawing room was furnished with blue and yellow curtains and a range of furniture in different versions of the Gothic style, including two of these chairs, covered in crimson velvet and red damask.
Ownership & Use
Lord Grosvenor also commissioned a simplified version of this chair for the dining room at Eaton Hall. Another set of dining chairs was ordered by Lord Berwick from the furniture makers Gillow & Co for his house, Attingham Park, Shropshire. That set, covered in blue leather and carved with vine leaves in the back, are still in the dining room at Attingham.
The red and gold upholstery of this chair is based on the original scheme, using fragments of material found on the chair and John Buckler's illustration of the drawing room published in his Views of Eaton Hall (1826). The unusual method of hanging the fabric from the back of the chair was intended to emphasise the Gothic design and to make the backs look more interesting.
Places
Eaton Hall, Cheshire, was built in 1804-1812 for Robert, 2nd Earl Grosvenor (1767-1845) by the architect William Porden (1755-1822), with additional wings of 1823-1825. (The house was altered 1846-51, rebuilt in 1870 and demolished in 1963.) The drawing room was furnished with blue and yellow curtains and a range of furniture in different versions of the Gothic style, including two of these chairs, covered in crimson velvet and red damask.
Ownership & Use
Lord Grosvenor also commissioned a simplified version of this chair for the dining room at Eaton Hall. Another set of dining chairs was ordered by Lord Berwick from the furniture makers Gillow & Co for his house, Attingham Park, Shropshire. That set, covered in blue leather and carved with vine leaves in the back, are still in the dining room at Attingham.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Gilded mahogany; modern upholstery based on the original |
| Brief description | mahogany, carved and gilded, with modern silk top cover and fringe; possibly designed by A.C. Pugin and made by Gillow & Co. for the Drawing Room, Eaton Hall, Cheshire, British 1822-3 From armchair, English, 1822-5, designed A.C. Pugin? for Eaton Hall |
| Physical description | Carved and gilded mahogany. Rectangular stuffed back with horizontal panel at the top set with a plaque of carved and gilded foliage. Open arms enclosing pierced gothic tracery and set with panels of carved and gilded gothic foliage. Moulded legs of square section. The seat rail covered with plum coloured velvet on which are applied cusped panels of mahogany, in the centre of each a carved and gilded flower. From the seat rails, at the side hand carved a gilded gothic pendentives. The chair retains its original silk damask covering, much worn and the seat and stuffed-over top rail. Silk replaced with modern silk. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with a bequest from Mrs Blanche Redburn Clayton |
| Object history | One of a set of gothic chairs commissioned by the 2nd Earl Grosvenor for the Drawing Room at Eaton Hall, Cheshire. Probably designed by Augustus Charles Pugin (born in Paris, 1769, died in London, 1832); made by Gillow & Co. in Lancaster or London. |
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| Summary | Object Type The red and gold upholstery of this chair is based on the original scheme, using fragments of material found on the chair and John Buckler's illustration of the drawing room published in his Views of Eaton Hall (1826). The unusual method of hanging the fabric from the back of the chair was intended to emphasise the Gothic design and to make the backs look more interesting. Places Eaton Hall, Cheshire, was built in 1804-1812 for Robert, 2nd Earl Grosvenor (1767-1845) by the architect William Porden (1755-1822), with additional wings of 1823-1825. (The house was altered 1846-51, rebuilt in 1870 and demolished in 1963.) The drawing room was furnished with blue and yellow curtains and a range of furniture in different versions of the Gothic style, including two of these chairs, covered in crimson velvet and red damask. Ownership & Use Lord Grosvenor also commissioned a simplified version of this chair for the dining room at Eaton Hall. Another set of dining chairs was ordered by Lord Berwick from the furniture makers Gillow & Co for his house, Attingham Park, Shropshire. That set, covered in blue leather and carved with vine leaves in the back, are still in the dining room at Attingham. |
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| Accession number | W.22:1& 2-1959 |
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| Record created | January 25, 2001 |
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