Chair
1715-1730 (made)
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Walnut chair, one of a pair with W.7-1966, with seat upholstered in plush. The legs are cabriole, of square section, with elongated shells carved on the front knees. The uprights of the back form elongated S-scrolls above a straight lower section, rising to a pierced, scrolled cresting that centres on an urn. The pierced, shaped splat and lower rail are carved with scrolls with a ground of overlapping scales.
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| Brief description | Walnut chair, one of a pair with W.7-1966, with seat upholstered in plush. The legs are cabriole, of square section, with elongated shells carved on the front knees. The uprights of the back form elongated S-scrolls above a straight lower section, rising to a pierced, scrolled cresting that centres on an urn. The pierced, shaped splat and lower rail are carved with scrolls with a ground of overlapping scales. |
| Physical description | Walnut chair, one of a pair with W.7-1966, with seat upholstered in plush. The legs are cabriole, of square section, with elongated shells carved on the front knees. The uprights of the back form elongated S-scrolls above a straight lower section, rising to a pierced, scrolled cresting that centres on an urn. The pierced, shaped splat and lower rail are carved with scrolls with a ground of overlapping scales. |
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| Gallery label | [Label text by Peter Thornton]
CHAIR
DUTCH; about 1725
Walnut, the upholstery modern. The front seat-rails were originally concave but have more recently been made serpentine.
Chairs with backs of this general form were fashionable in Holland from about 1715-1740; the carved battens are in the style popularised by Daniel Marot.
Given by Brigadier Clark, C.M.G., D.S.O.(ca. 1980) |
| Credit line | Given by Brigadier W. E. Clark CMG, DSO through Art Fund |
| Object history | Given by Brigadier W.E. Clark, through the National Art-Collections Fund (Registered Papers for acquisition 66/1504). No earlier history is recorded. At the time of the donation, Peter Thornton suggested that these chairs were Dutch rather than English and noted that the front rails had been made more curvilinear by the addition of a later section of wood to the centre of the rail. |
| Associated object | W.7-1966 (Pair) |
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| Accession number | W.6-1966 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2001 |
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