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Library Chair

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Holland & Sons (makers)
Sydney Smirke (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Mahogany chair, stained, with red leather cover on inside back

Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Library chair
Materials and techniques
Mahogany
Leather
Upholstery
Brief description
Mahogany chair, British, designed by Sydney Smirke and made by Holland & Sons for the Round Reading Room in the British Museum, ca. 1850.
Physical description
Mahogany chair, stained, with red leather cover on inside back
Marks and inscriptions
  • HOLLAND & SONS (Stamped under both right and left side rails)
  • G BRYSON (Stamped inside back seat rail)
Object history
C. Culyer's stamp is on two chairs and W. Bryson's stamp on one chair, from the set of twelve dining chairs, designed by Alfred Stevens and made by Holland & Sons for Robert Staynor Holford at Dorchester House, Park Lane, London, in 1856.
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.33-1974

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Record createdOctober 4, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O117427/library-chair-sydney-smirke/
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