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Armchair

ca. 1845 (made)
Artist/Maker
Holland & Sons (cabinet-makers)
Place of origin
London (made)

Satinwood armchair, partly veneered, carved and turned, with modern upholstered seat and back

Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Armchair
Materials and techniques
Satinwood
Upholstery
Carving
Turning
Veneering
Brief description
Armchair, satinwood, partly veneered, with upholstered seat and back; made by Holland & Sons, English 1840-1850
Physical description
Satinwood armchair, partly veneered, carved and turned, with modern upholstered seat and back
Dimensions
  • Height: 109.2cm
  • At seat depth: 63.5cm
  • At front width: 62.2cm
Dimensions taken from catalogue entry in Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Art The Handley-Read Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1972
Style
Elizabethan Revival
Marks and inscriptions
  • FROM HOLLAND & SONS Upholsterers & Co.19 Marylebone Street, ST. JAMES'S, LONDON (Stencilled label inside back seat rail)
  • J.YEATES (Stamp on inside of back seat rail)
Object history
This armchair was part of the Handley-Read collection formed by Charles and Lavinia Handley-Read and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1972. It was made by Holland & Sons, one of the largest firms of Victorian cabinet-makers, whose Day Books are in the Archive of Art and Design
Bibliographic reference
Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.31-1972

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Record createdAugust 5, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O165024/armchair-holland--sons/
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