Hall Chair
1770-1800 (made)
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The following description has been transcribed from the original accession record of 1907. Hall chair of carved mahogany painted with a crest. Solid back with arched top and incurved sides, carved above with a sunflower ornament and below with a fluted band; in the middle is a sunk panel painted with a crest consisting of two arms in mail holding a flag, upon a turret. The seat is rounded in front. The straight front legs are turned.
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| Brief description | Hall chair, English, 1770-1800 |
| Physical description | The following description has been transcribed from the original accession record of 1907. Hall chair of carved mahogany painted with a crest. Solid back with arched top and incurved sides, carved above with a sunflower ornament and below with a fluted band; in the middle is a sunk panel painted with a crest consisting of two arms in mail holding a flag, upon a turret. The seat is rounded in front. The straight front legs are turned. |
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| Object history | A design exists in the Dillow Records for a chair very similar to the above. The design is dated September 1826 and is in Book.9 (go.242). |
| Bibliographic reference | Benn, H.P and Shapland, H.P., The Nation's Treasures. Measured Drawings of Fine Old Furniture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & co. Ld and Benn Brothers Ltd., 1910, p. 21, pl. 36. |
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| Accession number | 518-1907 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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