Chair
ca. 1870 (made)
object details
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| Object Type | |
| Brief Description | ebonised wood with gilded decoration; possibly made by Cottier and Company, English; c. 1870 |
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| Object history | This chair is one of a pair, the other being acquired by Pollok House, Glasgow. There are other examples of the chair which have different details of design and decoration. One is in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (WAG.1994.52), another was sold by the Country Seat and is now apparently in an American museum and the last chair, which has swan head finials to the back, is in a private collection in Australia. The design was formerly attributed to J. Moyr Smith but an article, Cottier and Company, Art Furniture Makers by Max Donnelly, published in Antiques Vol. CLIX, June 2001, pp. 916-925, pl. XIV, illustrated an armchair with very similar decoration and front legs, suggesting that Cottier was responsible for the design. |
| Collection | |
| Accession Number | W.89-1982 |
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| record created | August 22, 2006 |
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