Not on display

Chair

1835-1843 (made)
Artist/Maker
Holland & Sons (makers)
Place of origin
England (made)

Beech wood chair with T-shaped upholstered backrest, decorated with Gothic-style mouldings

Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Chair
Materials and techniques
Beech
Upholstery
Gilding
Moulding
Brief description
Chair, English, 1835-1843, made by Holland & Sons, gilded beech
Physical description
Beech wood chair with T-shaped upholstered backrest, decorated with Gothic-style mouldings
Dimensions
  • Height: 129.5cm (Note: Measurement converted from department registers)
  • Width: 67.9cm (Note: Measurement converted from department registers)
  • Depth: 57.2cm (Note: Measurement converted from department registers)
Marks and inscriptions
FROM TAPRELL, HOLLAND & SON Upholsterers & (Stencil, partly illegible, on inner vertical surface of back seat rail. The partnership of Stephen Taprell and William Holland was known as Taprell, Holland & Son 1835-43.)
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.33-1978

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Record createdOctober 22, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O140084/chair-holland--sons/
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