Chair
1865-1870 (made)
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Wooden chair with brown leather upholstery and casters on the front two legs
Object details
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| 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 |
| Dimensions | There is a oak corner block detached from this object in FF38 reunite during decant prep. 26/04/19/pk Furn/Cons |
| Gallery label | 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.(1993) |
| Credit line | Purchased with the aid of the Howard bequest |
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| Accession number | W.8-1984 |
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| Record created | July 26, 2001 |
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