Armchair
ca. 1805 (made)
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Beechwood, in imitation of rosewood, and parcel gilt with velvet upholstered seat and back. (Reupholstered in 1966 with modern yellow material. The back and seat trimmed with braid patterned with a key pattern in green on a yellow background.) The rear legs end with uprights framing the back formed of two straight vertical posts terminating in gilt pineapple finials. Reeded arms finishing in black leopards' heads. The arm supports and front legs of baluster form. The seat frame square and studded with small brass discs. Some brass discs on end of arm support.
Object details
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| Brief description | Armchair, English, ca. 1805, made by James Newton after a design by Thomas Hope. Beech, grained to resemble rosewood, gilded |
| Physical description | Beechwood, in imitation of rosewood, and parcel gilt with velvet upholstered seat and back. (Reupholstered in 1966 with modern yellow material. The back and seat trimmed with braid patterned with a key pattern in green on a yellow background.) The rear legs end with uprights framing the back formed of two straight vertical posts terminating in gilt pineapple finials. Reeded arms finishing in black leopards' heads. The arm supports and front legs of baluster form. The seat frame square and studded with small brass discs. Some brass discs on end of arm support. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | V (stamped on the inside back of the subsidiary seat frame rail and also, upside down, on the inside back of the main seat frame rail.) |
| Gallery label | ARMCHAIR
ENGLISH; about 1805
Beechwood painted in imitation of rosewood and gilded
After a design by Thomas Hope in Household Furniture and Interior Decoration…(1807).(1976) |
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| Accession number | W.50-1949 |
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| Record created | February 15, 2001 |
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