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Chair

1882 (made)
Artist/Maker
Gillow & Co. (maker)
Street, George Edmund (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Stained oak chair with brass nailed leather upholstery

Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Chair
Materials and techniques
Stained oak, leather upholstery
Oak
Leather
Staining
Upholstery
Brief description
Stained oak chair with leather upholstery, 1882, designed by George Edmund Street and made by Gillow & Co.
Physical description
Stained oak chair with brass nailed leather upholstery
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.5in
  • Width: 18in
  • Depth: 18.75in
From departmental paper catalogues
Marks and inscriptions
  • Underside of main front rail, stamped on digit after another near the middle of the rail, 'L 12205'
  • Underside of left rail, stamped 'GILLOW & CO / LANCASTER'
Gallery label
(1993)
Designed by G.E. Street (1824-1881)
Made by Gillow of Lancaster
Oak, seat later, it was originally caned
Designed as part of the furnishings of the Law Courts in the Strand, which like the building itself were all designed in Street's office. The furnishing of this complex building had started in the early 1870s and it is likely that these chairs like many other fittings was made in batches as required. The dating derives from a drawing of September 1882 for this chair in the Gillows Records in Westminster Public Library.
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.8-1990

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Record createdJuly 19, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O61230/chair-street-george-edmund/
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