Not on display

Chair

1865-1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Holland & Sons (made)
Bruce Talbert (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Wooden chair with brown leather upholstery and casters on the front two legs

Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Chair
Materials and techniques
Wood
Leather
Upholstery
Brief description
Chair, 1865-1870, British, designed by B.J. Talbert and probably made by Holland & Sons
Physical description
Wooden chair with brown leather upholstery and casters on the front two legs
DimensionsThere is a oak corner block detached from this object in FF38 reunite during decant prep. 26/04/19/pk Furn/Cons
Gallery label
(1993)
Designed by B.J. Talbert (1838-1881)
Probably made by Holland & Sons, London
Oak with inlay of various woods
Purchased with the aid of the HOward Bequest
This chair closely resembes Plate XVIII, a design for a Dining Room Chair, in Talbert's seminal pattern book of Reformed Gothic furniture Gothic Forms Applied to Furniture published in 1867. Holland & Sons were the first London firm to employ Talbert. Several other Talbert pieces are shown nearby.
Credit line
Purchased with the aid of the Howard bequest
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.8-1984

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Record createdJuly 26, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O61469/chair-bruce-talbert/
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