Dining Chair
ca. 1946 (made)
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This is an example of small workshop furniture production in the Arts and Crafts style. It was made in the workshop of Stanley Webb Davies, an Oxford history graduate who trained as a cabinet maker in Romney Green's workshop in Christchurch, Hampshire. By 1926 Stanley Webb Davies had established his own workshop at Windermere, in the Lake District. Here he worked with a team of between three and seven assistants until he retired in1961.
Davies designed and made domestic and ecclesiastical furniture, presentation pieces, and items for boardrooms and offices. Most of his work was made to commission. He used this dining chair, one of a set of four, in his own house and bequeathed it together with his dining table to the Museum on his death. The four corner chairs fit neatly under the dining table, which has crossed stretchers.
Davies designed and made domestic and ecclesiastical furniture, presentation pieces, and items for boardrooms and offices. Most of his work was made to commission. He used this dining chair, one of a set of four, in his own house and bequeathed it together with his dining table to the Museum on his death. The four corner chairs fit neatly under the dining table, which has crossed stretchers.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 8 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Oak, carved |
| Brief description | Oak corner chair with curved top rail and drop-in seat, made by Stanley Webb Davies, Lake District, ca. 1946 |
| Physical description | Small oak corner chair with upholstered drop-in seat. The curved to prail is supported by five uprights, the three middle ones curving outwards, and all chamfered. The legs are joined by stretchers, those at the back of the chair lower than those at the front. The upholstery is a replacement. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Stanley Webb Davies |
| Object history | One of a set of four. The design of these chairs is based on corner armchairs or writing chairs that were popular in Britain from the 1730s to the early 19th century. For a brief account of this form of chair, see G. Bernard Hughes, 'Arm-Chairs for Hooped Skirts', Country Life, 10 November 1960, pp. 1108-1109. |
| Summary | This is an example of small workshop furniture production in the Arts and Crafts style. It was made in the workshop of Stanley Webb Davies, an Oxford history graduate who trained as a cabinet maker in Romney Green's workshop in Christchurch, Hampshire. By 1926 Stanley Webb Davies had established his own workshop at Windermere, in the Lake District. Here he worked with a team of between three and seven assistants until he retired in1961. Davies designed and made domestic and ecclesiastical furniture, presentation pieces, and items for boardrooms and offices. Most of his work was made to commission. He used this dining chair, one of a set of four, in his own house and bequeathed it together with his dining table to the Museum on his death. The four corner chairs fit neatly under the dining table, which has crossed stretchers. |
| Associated object | W.142:1-1978 (Object) |
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| Accession number | W.141C/1, 2-1978 |
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| Record created | May 8, 2006 |
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